The Chicago Bears have struggled this season, and the main reason for that has been their offense. There are quite a few things you could point to as to why the offense has simply not been good. One of those things has been the play calling.
Head coach Matt Nagy seems to understand the frustration with how the offense has played recently. According to John Mullin of NBCsports.com, Nagy would be willing to give up calling the offensive plays if it ended up helping the team.
“I have zero ego and I have zero care of giving play-call duties to somebody else,” Nagy said, via NBCSportsChicago.com. “I really do not care about that, and if that’s what we feel like from going through it that that’s what we need to do, then I would do that, I really would.”
The Bears are just 4-6 on the year. That's after entering the season as a pretty popular team to pick for a playoff spot. In fact, a lot of people considered Chicago a serious Super Bowl contender.
Clearly, that has not been the case. And while a lot of people have been quick to comment on the lack of running game, quarterback Mitchell Trubisky's struggles and bad weapons (outside of Allen Robinson), many have also noticed the play calling.
Chicago has been criticized for not taking chances. They seem to go with the safe play far too often, and it leads to the offense stalling quickly.
Maybe a change in the play-calling would help. For now, it looks like Nagy is sticking with the role. However, he's made it clear that he's not afraid to change that if he truly believes it will help.
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