INDIANAPOLIS — Bears coach Matt Nagy was in the process of again diffusing blame away from quarterback Mitch Trubisky this week when he stumbled upon a rare public criticism of his players.
Asked this week if he wanted Trubisky to feel like he was being challenged for his starting job, he said every played needed to feel that way.
“If you don’t, you feel content and you play content,” he said. “You don’t have that chip.”
He talked to players during exit meetings about getting it back.
“I’m not going to get into who they are or where they are at — but there are some guys, and they know who they are, that can play with a chip on their shoulder,” he said.