The fate of Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy still isn’t known. There’s a chance he will get fired after back-to-back sub-par performances by the Bears against the Packers in the regular-season finale and Saints in the NFL wild-card round.
Chicago was outplayed by the upper-class of the NFC. Their vulnerabilities were exposed. They have no quarterback, no cohesion on offense, and were a team that’s as undisciplined as any this city has witnessed in quite some time.
Much of that falls on the head coach. Still, there have been multiple reports of Nagy’s ‘safe’ status entering 2021. And if Monday’s actions are any clue, it appears he’ll be back for at least one more year.
Nagy orchestrated the final team meeting of 2020 (something that’d be odd for a soon-to-be-fired coach to do) and his message to the Bears was pretty simple and straightforward.
“He wants us to take this time to relax and get a mental break,” said defensive lineman Bilal Nichols.
Nagy also offered praise for the way his players handled the most challenging regular season in modern history.
Nagy told them how difficult the season was, from a coronavirus standpoint, and what a good job the #Bears did with that. Only 1 starter missed 1 game. https://t.co/8aHb24S3Ho
— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley) January 11, 2021
After going 12-4 and winning an NFC North title in his first year on the job, Nagy’s gone 8-8 in back-to-back seasons. He has two playoff berths on his resume and enough goodwill to suggest he’s going to get another crack at turning Chicago around.
Whether that’ll be with GM Ryan Pace and QB Mitch Trubisky at his side is another question entirely.