It’s hard to imagine a coach coming across as confidently and comfortably as Matt Nagy did Tuesday after surviving two seasons of tumult and swirling pressure on the Bears to fire him. He plunged from Coach of the Year to the hot seat and saw his offense dwindle to the point where he conceded that someone else should be calling the plays.
But surviving all that is exactly why Nagy feels so emboldened going into this season. For all that’s gone wrong, he’s still here.
“We’ve been through a lot,” Nagy said as players reported for training camp.