The Lions, Cardinals and Bears have requested and received permission to interview Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur for their vacant head coach positions, sources said Monday.

Sources said Shurmur will interview with the Lions and Cardinals on Thursday in the Twin Cities while the Bears interview had not been scheduled yet as of late Monday.

The Lions’ job opened when they fired Jim Caldwell following a 9-7 season. The Cardinals’ position came open when Bruce Arians stepped down following an 8-8 season. The Bears’ job became vacant when John Fox was fired after a 5-11 season.

Sources had told the Pioneer Press on Sunday night that teams expecting to consider interviewing Shurmur were the Lions, Cardinals, Bears and New York Giants. The Giants last month ousted Ben McAdoo.

The Vikings have a bye before they play their first postseason game Jan. 14, and Shurmur is allowed to interview this week with teams for a head position. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Monday that such interviews would take place in the Twin Cities.

“If he gets requested to interview, I’ll let him interview,” Zimmer said. “This is the time (teams) can do it. I can give him certain days that they can come and do that. This time of year, you can request that they come here during the bye week, so that’s what we’ll do.”

The Vikings will practice Tuesday and Wednesday, meaning all of Shurmur’s interviews will be after that.

Shurmur, who coached Cleveland to a 9-23 mark from 2011-12, is an attractive candidate after having a strong season in leading the offense for the 13-3 Vikings.

Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards is also expected to draw interest from teams seeking to fill head-coach openings. Minnesota finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the NFL in scoring and total defense.