It wasn’t the news I was necessarily expecting on Super Bowl Sunday morning, but it is news nonetheless.
The Chicago Bears are set to hire Press Taylor as their new offensive coordinator, according to reporting from NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. Taylor was on our short-list of candidates who made sense after Declan Doyle’s departure to become the Baltimore Ravens offensive play-caller created the vacancy. His name also came up multiple times in recent days as a possible promotion candidate. We’ll have more on this news story when it becomes officially official. But for now, we’ve got the news:
The #Bears are promoting passing game coordinator Press Taylor to offensive coordinator, giving coach Ben Johnson a new top lieutenant, per The Insiders. Taylor was an OC with the #Jaguars until 2024 before working with Johnson. With Declan Doyle in Baltimore, Taylor is the OC. pic.twitter.com/vWlEr6G8qA
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 8, 2026Who is Press Taylor and why did the Bears promote him to offensive coordinator?
Back in January, we rattled off a handful of candidates who made sense as possible Bears offensive coordinator fits. This is what was written in the excerpt about Press Taylor’s candidacy at the time:
On the one hand, I can’t think about Taylor without remembering how much negative pushback came with the news of his hiring onto Ben Johnson’s staff. However, there wasn’t a moment between then and now when I even thought about Taylor, who holds the passing game coordinator title. Press Taylor is one of a handful of internal candidates who could get promoted. And unlike others on this list, Taylor has experience as an offensive coordinator from his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2022-24. Working as the right-hand man to one of the NFL’s best offensive minds could repair his reputation and boost his coaching stock.
Hiring Press Taylor back in January 2025 was a head-turner in the first place. Taylor joined the Bears as their new pass game coordinator after wrapping up a less-than-memorable stint as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ offensive coordinator from 2022-24. But his addition was viewed as a questionable one, with one writer calling the hiring “controversial” and another straight-up calling it a “bad move.” And to think, those were the reactions to bringing on Taylor in a passing game coordinator role. It makes me curious to see what the reaction from around the league will be to this promotion to offensive coordinator.
When writing about the Bears hiring Press Taylor to be their pass game coordinator, I felt like his career arc reminded me of someone who happened to be in the right place at the right time to continue advancing his career. After being employed by Chip Kelly, Doug Pederson, and Frank Reich, Taylor is set to hitch his wagon to the Ben Johnson express. Now that we’ve seen what it did for Declan Doyle, perhaps something similar can happen for Taylor.
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