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Bears coach Matt Nagy confident in QB Andy Dalton, but he’s said that before

Bears coach Matt Nagy is feeling a lot better about Andy Dalton as his starting quarterback than everyone else seems to be after two nondescript, uninspiring preseason performances.

But then again, that’s usually the case.

With Nagy’s irrepressible optimism, it’s always tough to tell whether he really believes things are going great or just wants that to be true so badly that he convinces himself of it. A month before Mitch Trubisky plummeted through the 2019 season, and eventually spiraled out of the organization altogether, Nagy similarly dismissed some August struggles by saying, “Yeah, no doubt, I feel really good about where he’s at.