LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Like predecessor Vic Fangio, new Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano will have close to full autonomy over the team's top-ranked defense. It will amount to the same arrangement Fangio enjoyed last year with head coach Matt Nagy.
“Chuck has been in this thing for a long time and has had a lot of success,” Nagy said on Monday. “We're going to start building our relationship day by day just like Vic and I did. From the professional side, he'll have to gain trust and I'll have to gain trust back and forth with each other.