For the last two days, Chicago Bears fans have been pacing back and forth, wondering what the team will do with general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy heading into the offseason. It appears the answer is about to be revealed.
Multiple reports coming out of Halas Hall indicate both Pace and Nagy will not be fired and are expected to return to the Bears for the 2021 NFL season. The news was first reported as a rumor by The Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs and later confirmed by Dan Wiederer, also of the Tribune.
The rumor flying around the NFL right now is #Bears will retain GM Ryan Pace & coach Matt Nagy into 2021. That's what folks working in the league have heard. We'll see if team has something this evening but that is the chatter that's out there right now.
— Brad Biggs (@BradBiggs) January 13, 2021
League source: Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy will be back in 2021. Chuck Pagano will be retiring.
— Dan Wiederer (@danwiederer) January 13, 2021
The report comes nearly 48 hours after the Bears were defeated by the New Orleans Saints 21-9 in the playoffs, their second trip to the postseason in three seasons.
Pace, who has been the team’s general manager since 2015, has overseen just one season in which the team finished with over .500 since being hired by the Bears. He hired Nagy back in 2018, who has compiled a regular season record of 28-20, but has coached the team to back-to-back .500 seasons. Nagy also suffered through a six-game losing streak this past year.
Keep checking Bears Wire as this story continues to develop.
