As his team sits 28th in scoring and scuffling through back-to-back losses, Bears coach Matt Nagy isn’t about to set up a suggestion box outside Halas Hall.
He wasn’t particularly interested, of course, when former Bears tight end Zach Miller subtly recommended that he bench Nick Foles and go back to Mitch Trubisky by tweeting a photo of him wearing a shirt that said, “Mitch please.”
— Zach Miller (@ZMiller86) November 1, 2020
Nagy said he loves everything about Miller, a close friend of Trubisky’s, but doesn’t need his advice.
“I didn’t see the tweet; I don’t know anything about that,” Nagy said Monday. “But I think we all understand that we as a team, we watch tape, we watch video and we do what’s best. We make the best decision based off of how we do as a team, not just one position and so that’s what we do.
“I appreciate everyone’s opinions and thoughts, suggestions. But I think there’s a lot more to it right now than that.”
While the Bears do have multiple problems, quarterback is certainly one of them.
In 5 1⁄2 games since replacing Trubisky, Foles has completed 65% of his passes, averaged 235 yards per game and thrown eight touchdowns against seven interceptions for an 80.2 passer rating. He is second-worst in the NFL at 6.1 yards per pass.
Trubisky, who lasted 2 1⁄2 games, completed 59%, averaged 140 yards and had six touchdowns and three interceptions for an 87.4 rating.
Nagy did go back to Trubisky on Sunday, but only as a wildcat quarterback on one play. He ran for three yards.
Miller played for the Bears from 2015 through ‘17, overlapping with Trubisky for one season. He suffered a career-ending injury in 2017, but was with the Bears in 2018 for Nagy’s first season and has maintained a relationship with the organization.
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