Bears general manager Ryan Pace wasn’t going to fire Matt Nagy after a disappointing season that started with Super Bowl hopes and ended 8-8. And it was a virtual lock he wasn’t going to say anything that would put Nagy on the hot seat heading into 2020.
Nobody believes in his guys like Pace. But the ringing endorsement the Bears’ second-year head coach received from his boss Tuesday at Halas Hall raised a few eyebrows. As it turns out, a season of regression that had Nagy’s fingerprints all over it actually enhanced his standing in the eyes of Pace.