New year, same problems with Bears head coach Matt Nagy.
The Bears put up their worst offensive performance in 40 years with a putrid 47 yards in a 26-6 loss to the Browns, which shined a spotlight on the issue that is Nagy.
Nagy was hired to fix the offense in Chicago. Instead, the offense has gotten progressively worse over the course of four seasons. Sunday’s brutal outing came at the expense of rookie quarterback Justin Fields, whose first NFL start was disastrous. Fields was under duress all afternoon, where he was sacked nine times, and Nagy did nothing to help his young quarterback.
“When you don’t have the success we had on offense [Sunday], with a rookie quarterback in Justin, of course it keeps you up at night, because you want to figure out why,” Nagy said. “So we’re looking at everything right now. Looking at everything — I think that’s being completely honest with you, and real. I care about this situation immensely. Our players care. Our coaches care. So we gotta figure it out and we’ve got to figure it out fast.”
When Nagy was asked specifically about whether or not he’d give up play calling, he said, “everything’s on the table.”
Matt Nagy asked if the play caller could change.
“Just to keep it super simple, everything is on the table, and that’s probably the easiest way to put it. The evaluation part. Everything.”
— Mark Grote (@markgrotesports) September 27, 2021
Nagy’s play calling nearly got Fields killed in his NFL debut behind a battered offensive line, where Nagy never rolled Fields outside of the pocket to give him a chance.
While there were plenty of fans and media calling for Nagy’s job on Monday, the Bears were never expected to make that move. Still, it’s clear that there needs to be some big change heading into Week 4.
Perhaps it’ll be Nagy handing over play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Bill Lazor for the second time in two years. While Lazor isn’t the best play caller in the NFL, the Bears offense showed a lot of improvement once he took over the reins last season.
And considering Nagy has actually gotten worse as a play caller, the change needs to be made as soon as this week.
