A source told ESPN.com that Mike Shanahan would be "extremely interested" in coaching the Bears if the job became available. Shanahan is a native of Chicago and the Bears have yet to give coach Lovie Smith a vote of confidence in the wake of their disappointing season. "The job is really attractive to Mike," a friend of Shanahan said. "It's home [with relatives of his, including his dad, in the Chicago area, and wife Peggy's family still in the Bloomington area]. It's a great challenge because that roster needs to be made over, and the one guy there to build the team around is the one guy he has already built a team around and with whom he has a tremendous comfort level, Jay Cutler." Shanahan has been linked to the Redskins as well.