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Report: Bears to interview Saints' Carmichael

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Chicago Bears will interview New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. for their vacant coaching position, according to multiple reports.

NOLA.com | The Times, nola.com

Saints offensive coordinator called all the plays this season with Payton suspended

Matt Loede, saintsgab.com

Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma sounded off Wednesday morning about comments from an unnamed Saints player that said defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo should be fired, Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Vilma wrote via Twitter …

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

As of yesterday, Gregg Williams was apparently still the nominal defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. As of today, Gregg Williams is apparently not still the defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. Apparently Williams's Eat, Pray, Kill the …

ESPN.com

The regular season can’t be properly wrapped up until we reveal which defense led the league in yards allowed after the catch. Throughout most of the season, this was a close race between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints. Well, we don…

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

Cowboys-Redskins was the biggest matchup of the year, a win-or-go-home game for two division rivals. It turned out to be the most-watched regular-season sporting event in 15 years. But one familiar face was missing from the FedEx Field suites: commissio…

Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com

The Panthers played a strange game against the Saints on Sunday. The final score makes it look like a potential classic: The Panthers won 44-38. So does the attached statistical story: Drew Brees cleared 5,000 yards on the season, completing 29 of 43 fo…

Mike Triplett, nola.com

Panthers' 44-38 victory was aided by 28-0 run in third and fourth quarters