Chicago Bears: What Bill Lazor hire could mean for immediate future
By Ryan Heckman
2. Matt Nagy keeps play-calling duties
Let us be real honest with ourselves, here. Whomever the Bears chose as their new offensive coordinator was not going to do much of anything. Now, that sounds a little sarcastic and maybe even untrue at its core. But, the main job of most offensive coordinators is what?
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Calling plays.
There is no way Matt Nagy gives up his play-calling duties. It’s not going to happen. Nagy even told us midseason, last year, that he has no plans to stop calling plays. I don’t see it happening.
Lazor is simply a veteran coach who will come in and support Nagy in his offensive strategy — that’s all.
The one hill I will die on, as well, is the fact that Nagy is not (and has not been) the problem with the offense. I do believe in Nagy as a play-caller and head coach. He’s a smart guy. The issue, though, is at the quarterback position.
We know that Nagy scaled back the offense last year in order for Mitchell Trubisky to be able to have a better chance at executing from play to play. That’s not typically something you want to see regarding a quarterback in his third year.
Nagy is still the brains of the operation, and he deserves to be. Lazor is there to fill a coordinator position and give his support. Thats about it, in a nutshell.