Someone asked Matt Nagy the other day if the Bears would be dealing with extra pressure this season, what with all the Super Bowl talk buzzing around his team.
The coach dismissed it like a horse tail swishes aside a fly, saying that the Bears had their own goals and weren’t paying attention to whatever expectations others were piling on them. He sounded like every other coach trying to control what can’t be controlled.
Or maybe not. Maybe, upon hearing the question about pressure, he started taking a mental roll call: Khalil Mack. Akiem Hicks. Eddie Goldman.