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The roller-coaster ride with the Chicago Bears is over, according to reports.
The head coach and general manager of the Chicago Cubs were fired on Monday, after a disappointing 8-8 record in 2019.
The Bears lost to the Vikings in their season finale.
In November, Jordan reported that the team's players wanted Nagy fired. One source said that he lost some of the locker room last season.
Ian Rapoport reported around Thanksgiving that Nagy was expected to keep his job through the regular season despite reports that he was in danger.
Rapoport reported the Bears would likely fire Nagy at the end of the season.
Nagy was hired by Chicago before the start of the season and the Bears went on to win the division.
They missed out on the playoffs in the year after returning many of the same pieces. Fans rushed to bet on their Super Bowl prospects and even saw quarterback Mitchell Trubisky as anMVP candidate.
The optimism was justified because Chicago had an elite defense and a young quarterback who was expected to make strides under an offensive minded coach.
The Bears have a new coach after Nagy failed to register a playoff win.
He was close in his first year when the Chicago Bears lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs after a potential game-winning field goal was ruled a block. Nagy's time with the team was defined by that miss, as he missed key field goals in losses to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Clippers.
Nagy used techniques such as "Augusta silence" to find a replacement for Parkey, according to a report by Kalyn Kahler.
Nagy drew the ire of Bears fans when he was the NFL's Coach of the Year in 2018, even though he was the Bears' coach.
Trubisky did not improve as hoped, and Chicago did not rely on David Montgomery in the early going even when the quarterback struggled. Nagy told reporters after Montgomery had two carries against the New Orleans Saints that they need to run the ball more. I'm not dumb.
It was fair to wonder why the running back wasn't a bigger part of the offense after Montgomery exploded for 135 yards in the first game after those comments.
Nagy told reporters that he wouldn't give up his play-calling duties despite the team's struggles, and that the Bears were in catch-up mode in the dauntingNFC almost all year.
The Bears started the 2020 campaign with a great defense. Both Trubisky and Nick Foles failed to establish consistency as the team acquired them before the season.
Rapoport reported that the futures of Nagy and Pace were uncertain after the Bears lost six straight games.
The Bears scored 30 or more points in four straight games for the first time since 1965, thanks to the change in play-calling duties. Despite a mediocre 8-8 mark, the offensive spark pushed them back into the playoffs.
The New Orleans Saints defeated the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card Round.
The organization drafted a potential franchise quarterback.
Nagy gave up some play-calling duties to Lazor when he switched to the rookies in Week 3, but he was still criticized for starting Andy Dalton. The Bears failed to remain competitive in theNFC North as they won just six games.
The limitations of Trubisky and the lack of time with Fields meant that the offense was the biggest problem under Nagy and it was time for a change in Chicago.
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