Matt Nagy couldn't balance the needs of his undermanned roster with a way to develop Justin Fields, and now someone else will get a chance to turn the Bears around
The Bears parted ways with coach Matt Nagy on Monday after four seasons, a 34–31 record and two trips to the playoffs, neither of which produced any wins. Nagy came to Chicago as one of the first high-profile branches from the Andy Reid Midwestern tree and won the NFL’s Coach of the Year award in his first season. Early on, Nagyand creative usage of role players who had stagnated under previous staffs in Chicago.
Nagy’s tenure certainly had its high points, riding the tailwind of a Vic Fangio defense and the newly acquired Khalil Mack to some early success. Despite a painful missed field goal in his first season, which ended a 12-win regular season campaign in the wild-card round, the Bears managed to stay relevant in the NFC North over the following two seasons, finishing 8–8 in 2019 and ’20, and backing into the playoffs last year before losing to the Saints.
Nagy is going to land somewhere immediately as a quarterbacks coach or a coordinator, and with Doug Pederson staffing up for a head coaching run, could prove to be a valuable piece of a big-time hire elsewhere. Regardless of his reputation with the media, he seemed to project as someone who cared about his staff and players. His shielding of Trubisky after an in-game benching a few years back showcased a particularly tender moment where Nagy looked gutted having to make a change.
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