There was a time earlier this season where it appeared that Matt Nagy’s time in Chicago would be coming to an end following back-to-back disappointing seasons.
Following a six-game losing streak, the Bears appeared poised to clean house at the remainder of the season. And then Chicago went 3-1 to finish the regular season and locked up a postseason berth, which only seemed to prolong the inevitable.
When asked about his future with the Bears and his job security, Nagy told the media that those conversations haven’t happened yet.
Matt Nagy said he has not discussed his job security with Bears management or received any assurances from the team: "We haven't gotten into any of that."
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) January 11, 2021
“We haven’t gotten into any of that in regards to that stuff,” Nagy said after Chicago’s 21-9 loss to New Orleans. “Like I told y’all at the beginning of the week, we’ve been so focused in on this game, and then the same thing goes with the staff. It’s probably not just our staff, it’s probably a lot of staffs; whether it’s promotions or demotions or whatever, there’s always change, that’s just how it goes.
“So, that’s something that tomorrow for us, as a team, we’ll do all of our exit interviews and all of that stuff and talk to the guys, but that’ll be down the road. I’m just at a point right now where I could literally say I just appreciate the fight of these players and tomorrow we’ll discuss the other stuff.”
While you could argue Chicago should clean house entirely, will the Bears actually decide to part ways with Nagy?
After all, there were reports that surfaced just last week that Nagy’s job appeared safe for 2021, at least. Although, you’d figure that if his job was safe before making the postseason that it would be safe after a playoff loss. But an embarrassing loss in the wild-card round, where Nagy’s team appeared undisciplined and unprepared, could certainly be a reason to move on, right?
If the Bears organization were to move on from Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace, that’s something that would happen fairly quickly, especially with a slew of other NFL teams currently looking for new head coaches and general managers.
So stay tuned over these next few days.
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