Veteran defensive end Akiem Hicks was elated when he heard in January that first-year head coach Matt Nagy was going to retain highly-respected defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.
"I was juiced," Hicks said Tuesday as the Bears kicked off a voluntary three-day minicamp at Halas Hall. "I texted him right away because I was excited. It's a nerve-wracking time for us, just not knowing what's going to happen in the front office and stuff like that. As a player, you don't have any involvement in that, but you're excited when you get a guy back like that.