With the Bears midway through what became a six-game losing streak last season, Matt Nagy relinquished play-calling duties. But the fourth-year Bears head coach will take back the play sheet come September.
Nagy said Friday he will call plays next season. This comes after the Bears signed ex-Bill Lazor pupil Andy Dalton. Lazor called the Bears’ offensive plays beginning in Week 10. Despite Lazor having been Dalton’s position coach in 2016 and his offensive coordinator for the next two seasons, he will return to his initial Bears role as a non-play-calling OC.
Nagy’s play-calling acumen played a key role in his 2018 Coach of the Year award, with the former Chiefs OC elevating Mitchell Trubisky during a season that nearly ended with the Bears advancing to the divisional round. However, Trubisky regressed considerably in 2019 and was benched early in the 2020 season. While Trubisky returned to his QB1 role late in the season and led the Bears to three straight wins in Nagy’s second playoff bid, Chicago proved no match for Green Bay and New Orleans in one-sided defeats to close the season. The Bears ranked 25th in offensive DVOA last season and have not ranked above 20th in Nagy’s three seasons in charge.
The Bears promised Dalton he would be the starter and followed through on that pledge Friday, slotting the 10-year veteran above Nick Foles at quarterback. Nagy, who will enter the season on one of the NFL’s hottest seats, will be running the show during Dalton’s Chicago debut.
Sorry Bears fans you don’t deserve this.
Hell no we don’t, hopefully this will be the last season of it, I was pumped when he was hired, what a freaking let down he has turned into
Between him and Pace, it’s the blind leading the blind. What a sh$t show it’s been.
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Nagy back to his old tricks. Needs that control again. Atleast he can know that he will go out on his own calls.
Da Bears being da Bears what a dumpster fire franchise
April fools was yesterday!!
Incomplete pass…3 yd run…sack…punt. Not exactly rocket science.
Wow. If true, crosseyedlemoon, the Bears improved their running game.
I actually think the Bears are going to be better than people think. Obviously won’t dethrone the Packers but Dalton is not as bad as people think and games are won and lost at scrimmage.
… and I am not a Bears fan
I Hope not, they need a complete rebuild, they are just scrambling to keep their jobs which will result in more bad decisions.