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Matt Nagy studied at the feet of Andy Reid, whose 22-4 record after the bye as coach of the Eagles and Chiefs remains one of the marvels of the NFL.
Yet by his fourth season with the Bears, Nagy knew he couldn’t replicate Reid’s success just by implementing the same routine during the team’s week off.
“I tried to follow that early on in my career, and it did not work,” he said in 2021.
Nagy would lose to the Ravens and backup quarterback Tyler Huntley later that week, bringing his Bears record after the bye to 0-4.