Bears Champ Kelly gets GM interest from Falcons

[Aesopian]

Sources: Falcons eye diverse GM candidate list

The Falcons have compiled a diverse list of GM candidates, including Rick Smith, Champ Kelly, Brad Holmes and Reggie McKenzie, according to league sources.

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Jets have shown interest in the past.

"The Falcons' list includes former Texans GM Rick Smith, Bears assistant director of personnel Champ Kelly, Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes and former Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie, among others, according to league sources."

 

[UK_STALEY]

Is that Ron Burgundy’s mate?

 

[Black Rainbow]

Never heard of him.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

If he has hands in personnel decisions take him

 

[Bust]

no loss

 

[howler62]

Hope we can get a 3rd round pick for "developing" him.

 

[rawdawg]

Champ Kelly is actually pretty good.

 

[playthrough2001]

Hope we can get a 3rd round pick for "developing" him.

The Bears would get two third round comp picks if he signs as a GM elsewhere. It is a new wrinkle in the Rooney Rule.

 

[iueyedoc]

Who looks at the Bears front office and says, " I need me some of that."

 

[2Deep]

I hope Champ gets hired because he deserves it.

I hope Champ gets hired so we get 2 3rd round picks. One this year and one next

 

[Bear_Assed]

The Bears would get two third round comp picks if he signs as a GM elsewhere. It is a new wrinkle in the Rooney Rule.

so this is just because he is black? If he was white, the bears wouldn't get shit?

 

[Chicagosports89]

so this is just because he is black? If he was white, the bears wouldn't get shit?

Correct

 

[Chris Sojka]

Champ Kelly is actually pretty good.

Agreed. The personnel, had you had something to build on actually looks promising. The fact that it was the worst rated depth when Pace took over was inevitably going to bite him in the ass.

Let’s face it. Most of you have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about. Pace didn’t just inherit a bad team. He inherited something akin to the Browns after they sell off a team minus the extra picks from selling off any decent players.

mplete rebuild is an understatement.

I hope Nagy goes as he was and is the wrong hire for this organization. He isn’t adaptable or clever and is convinced his style of playcalling can eventually work here in Chicago if he just had a good QB.



His Playcalling wouldn’t work anywhere.

 

[bears26]

Maybe Champ Kelly should take over for Ryan Pace.

Either way, sounds like there is a good chance he may land one of the jobs. That would mean the Bears would have two 3rd round picks in the 2021 April draft and two 3rd rd picks in the 2022 draft.

 

[gallagher]

Thought for a second that we had Champ Bailey on our staff and I somehow missed it.

Good for him, I hope he gets an opportunity to succeed in a big role. I hope that for everyone. But at the same time, take him already! Our FO has not had enough success for me to consider any one of them a loss for leaving.

 

[WindyCity]

I would love to hear his honest take in these interviews about what happened with Trubiksy.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Champ going to get a job somewhere? Seems to have gone silent since Denver hired a new GM.

Bears could use those comp picks