Chicago Bears: Matt Nagy is coddling his players, hiding from media
By Ryan Heckman
2. Quarterback Situation
Almost every Bears fan has their guy in the quarterback competition. Regardless of who wins the job for Week 1, though, every fan can agree that all we want to see is the team to win games. It’s that simple.
What isn’t so simple, apparently, is to give an explanation on how the quarterback competition is going, has gone and how it ended.
Throughout camp, Nagy has been reminiscent of his predecessor, giving the media ho-hum answers with very little actually said. Wednesday, when the quarterback competition was officially wrapped up, he continued down that road.
"“I just think that what we thought as a coaching staff was going to happen in that quarterback (room) has happened,” Nagy said. “And now what they’ve done, they’ve put it in our hands to make a decision and I’m just proud of both of them.” (Stankevitz)"
We have been dying to know just what exactly has been happening in the quarterback room. No one knows anything at this point. Nagy doesn’t even appear to know much. Based on what he told the media last year in regards to Mitchell Trubisky, specifically, Nagy apparently doesn’t remember much about his expectations for the fourth-year pro.
When last season ended, Matt Nagy was emphatic with his wish for Mitch Trubisky to become “a master at understanding coverages.” A month into training camp, I asked Nagy for a progress report on Mitch in that department. pic.twitter.com/8Tl4Jov8lP
— Dan Wiederer (@danwiederer) September 1, 2020
Is Nagy going back on what he said? Did he forget what he said? Does he not want to offend Trubisky by telling it how it is? What happened to Nagy vowing to tell each one of these guys how much they “suck” if it’s the truth? He simply can’t give an honest explanation of how his quarterbacks are practicing.
“It’s pretty cool to see.”
No, what would be “pretty cool to see” is Trubisky commanding the offense like a veteran and clearly understanding how to diagnose a defense in Year 4. If he’s still learning how to do this, and Nagy thinks it’s “pretty cool,” then both of them should be gone by 2021.
A little harsh? Sure. But, this defense doesn’t have time to wait around for a feel-good story between an overhyped head coach trying to coddle his quarterback through a rough career.