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Matt Nagy spent the 2020 offseason trying to figure out what went wrong with the Bears.
One chief regret, the former Bears coach decided then, was the way he coddled his quarterback during preseason games.
The Bears played five preseason games in 2018, Nagy’s first season. Mitch Trubisky, the No. 2 overall pick a year earlier, threw just 18 passes in them.
The next year, he threw zero. The Bears looked thoroughly unprepared for their season opener, a nationally televised “Thursday Night Football” contest that celebrated the start of their 100th season.