The Chicago Bears made the big move everybody knew was coming. Head coach Matt Nagy after four seasons, his final one being by far his worst with a 6-11 finish. While the last game was one of the ugliest, his fate was likely sealed weeks ago as another long losing streak ruined another promising start. Combined with the same old offensive issues, the excuses to keep him around have evaporated.
Nagy’s teams had 28 games since 2018 where they failed to score at least 20 points. This was despite working with no less than four different starting quarterbacks. The head coach had every opportunity to fix the problem but never could. For all his positive qualities as a leader and motivator, the man was never able to live up to that billing as an offensive guru. He was merely someone fortunate to live in the shadow of Andy Reid.
Bears fired Matt Nagy this morning, per source.
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Now the question becomes whether he is the only one.
GM Ryan Pace is the man who hired him. He had a role in this offensive debacle too with his bad QB decisions and underwhelming work at both wide receiver and the offensive line. Yet it’s also known the McCaskey family is fond of him. Many around the NFL believe he may yet find a way to survive. A bold decision to say the least. Fans arguably want him out just as much as Matt Nagy at this point.
If this is the direction they choose, then it isn’t going to inspire much confidence in the future. Pace has missed twice now on his head coaching hires. He’s left the team with limited draft capital and salary cap concerns. Why should anybody trust he can fix the problems he helped create in the first place? McCaskey will have to sell that in the coming hours.