While the NFL elite such as the Patriots and Vikings prepare for Championship Sunday this weekend, the Bears, as usual for the past seven years, begin grinding work on player evaluations, free agency work, and draft scouting in intense earnest. The difference this time around is the proposed innovator and energetic new head coach Matt Nagy joining Chicago's equation.
As the Bears prepare for an off-season that will likely ultimately define the Nagy tenure - for better or worse - there's a lot of effort to be made by a fresh-faced coaching staff and regime seeking the proof in the pudding results-wise.