The most important regular-season week of Matt Nagy’s young head coaching career is actually two.
He spent the bye week trying to fix the Bears’ offense by examining his own tendencies and scheming ways to better run the football. Only three teams — the Dolphins, Bengals and Jets, with a combined record of 1-15 — average fewer than the Bears’ 3.5 yards per carry.
This week, Nagy’s preparing for the 5-1 Saints. And trying to sort through whether injured quarterback Mitch Trubisky can start.
Along with general manager Ryan Pace, Nagy helped maneuver through a sensitive situation, deciding to put veteran Kyle Long on injured reserve with a hip injury, all-but-ending his Bears tenure Tuesday.