Phil

Emery

It’s a return to Atlanta for Emery, who was the Falcons’ director of college scouting from 2004-08. The Falcons suddenly have a lot of cooks in the front office kitchen. Emery was doomed in Chicago by striking out on most of his big decisions.

After a disastrous season, it seems the Bears are ready to completely clean house. Coach Marc Trestman already has one foot out the door, Emery’s position appears perilous at best and Phillips could get the axe despite being with the team for almost 16 years. Ironically, the one person who may survive is Jay Cutler because his Emery-negotiated contract makes him a headache to trade.

Emery took over for Jerry Angelo in 2012. In the three years since then, the Bears have fired Lovie Smith, given Jay Cutler a $126M contract and gone 23-25 with zero playoff appearances. Emery has to take the heat for negotiating the Cutler contract.