PHILADELPHIA -- On Saturday, Howie Roseman said the Philadelphia Eagles would “regroup” early this week before resuming their search for a top personnel executive.

Roseman, the Eagles’ executive vice president of football operations, didn’t waste much time. According to a Chicago Tribune report, the Eagles requested permission to interview Joe Douglas, the Bears’ director of college scouting.

Douglas has a solid reputation built on 15 years spent as a scout with the Baltimore Ravens. He was credited with lobbying for the Ravens to draft University of Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft.

The Bears granted the Eagles permission, even though they were not obligated to do so. That raises a concern for Eagles fans. Why would the Bears hire Douglas in 2015, then allow him to interview with another team a year later?

The answer could be benign. Douglas has three children who grew up in the Baltimore area until moving to Chicago last year. He could simply want to move his family back to the East Coast.

But a one-year stint with an NFL team also suggests problems, either in performance or in getting along with others. Douglas worked for Chicago GM Ryan Pace. He was on board for just one draft.

The Bears selected Georgia linebacker Leonard Floyd with the No. 9 pick in the draft. They took Cody Whitehair, a guard from Kansas State, in the second round.

Mel Kiper Jr. expressed doubts about the selection of Floyd, who may need to add weight and strength to compete at the NFL level. But Kiper praised the rest of the Bears’ 2016 draft class, which included linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski and running back Jordan Howard.

The Eagles took a running back, Wendell Smallwood, a few picks after the Bears selected Howard. Roseman acknowledged that the Eagles were concerned about a run on running backs depleting their options at that spot.

The possibility that Douglas was unhappy working with Pace in the Bears’ front office is worrisome because of the situation in Philadelphia. Roseman has a history of internal battles with other personnel executives. Those battles usually end with the other executive leaving the Eagles organization.

At the end of the 2014 season, Roseman lost a battle for control of personnel decisions. Head coach Chip Kelly was given control while Roseman was promoted and moved aside -- literally and figuratively. Not only was Roseman removed from personnel decisions, his office was moved across the NovaCare Complex from Kelly’s and the rest of the team’s decision-makers'.

A year later, Kelly was gone and Roseman was back in control. It appears clear that Roseman will remain in control. Douglas, it appears, would run the scouting department and report to Roseman.

The Eagles interviewed Pittsburgh Steelers executive Brandon Hunt in February. He could still be a candidate for the current personnel opening.