ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that former New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen is the leading candidate to become the Chicago Bears' next defensive coordinator, according to league sources.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter said the New Orleans Saints likely won’t be active at the trade deadline following the firing of Dennis Allen. Following a loss to the Carolina Panthers, Allen was fired ...

Johnson’s most important hire will be that of a defensive coordinator and according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, former New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen is the “leading candidate” for ...

Although one personnel executive told Schefter that the Saints are “hot ... The Saints are coming off of a 5-12 season in which head coach Dennis Allen was fired a little over halfway through.

However, ESPN’s Adam Schefter seems to think otherwise ... The Saints finished last season with a 5-12 record. After firing Dennis Allen as head coach, the franchise hopes for better things ...

"assembling a star-studded coaching staff," Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The leading candidate to become his defensive coordinator in Chicago is former Saints head coach Dennis Allen, per Schefter.