Matt Nagy: ‘We Gotta Do It’ This Season

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy is an offensive-minded coach whose team hasn’t played good offensive football lately.

The 2020 season got so bad that he handed play-calling responsibilities over to offensive coordinator Bill Lazor.

Matt Nagy is back in charge for next season, and he knows it could be his last chance to make it work in Chicago. 

“We ran into a road bump last year in the middle of the season where we lost six games in a row,” said Matt Nagy. “And that was hard after starting 5-1. So, at that point in time, I started with myself. What can I do better?”

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We were kind of stuck in neutral and I thought it was a good idea to hand the play-calling over to Bill Lazor,” Nagy said. 

“I think he did a great job. But again, we look into the whys after every season and how we can get better. So, now we’re just really excited to see our players grow. We think we did a great job in the draft and bringing in some young talent, in particular on the offensive side of the ball, as well. So we’ll see. But we gotta do it. And it’s only a couple of weeks around the corner.”

The roster looks familiar, with most players coming back for the 2021 season. The biggest change is at quarterback after the exit of Mitchell Trubisky. Justin Fields or Andy Dalton will start under center next year.

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“I think what we’ve put together — Ryan Pace has done such an amazing job of building the last three years — this roster that we have, we have a lot of depth,” Nagy said.

“And so now to be able to have the time to put together, we feel like we’re going to have a great opportunity offensively to to do what we need to do. The time is now, we know that, and we’re looking forward to it. You can’t live in the past. And that’s not what we’re going to do. I refuse to allow that to happen. This is a new season, and so we got a fresh start. So let’s see what we can do with it.”