Earlier this week, Bears coach Matt Nagy seemed secretive about who could be calling plays against Minnesota on Monday.
Asked about someone else calling the plays, Bears coach Matt Nagy said “I’m looking at all of that right now,” per Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.
Nagy added that if he were to relinquish play calling duties for the Vikings game, he would not make that information public. However, Nagy’s announcement that offensive coordinator Bill Lazor is the new play-caller contradicts that statement.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer recently talked about Bill Lazor:
“It’s a little bit of an unknown, but we obviously went back and looked at when he was in Cincinnati and so forth, as far as some of those things,” Zimmer said, via the Vikings. “I think it’s tough to just change everything. The tendencies might change a little bit, but during the course of the game, you kind of just go with what you feel, anyway. We’ll just have to see. I really can’t tell you.”
If Lazor can help the offensive find success against a Vikings secondary that has struggled at times, Chicago could be primed for a bounce-back win. That said, the Bears are slumping and the Vikings are surging. Monday should be fun.