The Arizona Cardinals should be wrapping up their first round of coaching interviews Wednesday. Defensive coordinator James Bettcher is among the candidates, although it appears he is a longshot for the job.

This could be the reason why he might be turning his interest to moving on. He is reportedly drawing interest from the Chicago Bears, who recently announced the hiring of Matt Nagy as their new coach. According to Arizona Sports’ Mike Jurecki, they are interested in him having some role there with their defense.

Bettcher has been with the Cardinals for five seasons, the last three as defensive coordinator. His defenses have in the top seven each of his three seasons.

Perhaps he would be considered for the defensive coordinator job under Nagy for the Bears. Vic Fangio, their DC in 2017, is also a candidate.

This report seems to suggest Bettcher will not make it past the first round of interviews for the Cardinals. And while there are certainly scenarios in which Bettcher could stay on as defensive coordinator under a new coach, he would be foolish not to explore other opportunities.

The coaching staff already is under big changes. Coach Bruce Arians retired. Assistants Tom Moore, Tom Pratt and Larry Zierlein are expected to also retire. Offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin has interviewed with two other teams. Anthony Piroli, who has been part of the strength and conditioning staff, was hired by Mississippi State to lead that department for the football program.

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