Chicago Bears: Matt Nagy is coddling his players, hiding from media

1. Running Back Situation

The Bears saw their second-year, starting running back David Montgomery go down with a non-contact injury just days ago. A non-contact injury is always a scary happenstance. Typically, it’s a worse outcome than what the Bears are expecting.

Montgomery should only miss a couple more weeks with a groin strain, if everything goes according to plan. But, if the Bears are to be without him for any regular season games, they aren’t exactly in a strong position in terms of depth.

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Tarik Cohen is great when used correctly in his gadgety role. Cordarrelle Patterson may even be more of a natural running back than Cohen, but has never acted in that role for an entire game or two. Then, there’s Ryan Nall and Artavis Pierce who have proven nothing, although they have a few likable characteristics about each of them.

Luckily, the Bears had two big names become suddenly and potentially available to them — Leonard Fournette via waivers or free agency and Alvin Kamara via trade.

When asked about adding Fournette, Nagy said:

"“We feel very comfortable with where we’re at. We explore everything…but I’ll just say we really like where we’re at right now with our running back room.” (via JJ Stankevitz, NBC Sports"

I appreciate the positivity in certain doses, but Nagy’s optimism here is anything but believable. Without Montgomery, the Bears truly do not have a reason to be comfortable with their depth.

Is Nagy afraid to offend his own players if he were to say anything about adding Fournette? Is he being careful because his running backs may get upset if he were to speak any more on the possibility of Fournette becoming a Bear?

Of course, Fournette chose to sign with Tampa Bay and this is all water under the bridge. But, the fact that Nagy actually wants us to believe the words coming out of his mouth is laughable. Unless Montgomery is progressing exponentially in his recovery, there is no chance we should believe him.

Adding more talent to a position without any true depth is always a great idea, period.