On Tuesday night, news broke that Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano was retiring from the NFL. Matt Nagy confirmed the news in the Bears’ end-of-year presser the following day. As it stands, the Bears’ regime of Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace face a classic “win-or-else” situation after a highly disappointing 2020 season.
Because of a probable “lame duck” scenario playing out at Halas Hall, we may not see a lengthy list of external candidates jumping at the job. Instead, I would suspect an internal promotion as being the likely route. That feeling seems to be prominent with most writers in the Chicago media.