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Matt Nagy is the starting coach when healthy

Head coaches in the NFL have so much on their plate. They’re supposed to be a patient mediator between their assistants and players and a connector between the offense, defense, and special teams. In both victory and defeat, they are the public face with first remarks about how proud they are, how disappointed they are, or how little they have to say that (their belief) wouldn’t give away a competitive advantage. Some coaches, out of insanity or restlessness, sleep on a couch in their office at their team facility multiple nights a week so they can, indeed, get even more work done.