In honor of Blackout Tuesday, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy has canceled team meetings, he told NFL Network.

Blackout Tuesday is being promoted as a day to mourn George Floyd, who was tragically killed by a police officer in Minneapolis last week. Activists hope that the day can help bring about policy change in the United States:

“Put X’s and O’s on the back burner,” Nagy said. “I don’t care about that right now. We’re going to talk through it, and if guys want to talk more or less, that’s fine. But it’s up to them. It’s about the family.”

Nagy held an open dialogue with Bears players during Monday's meeting:

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“Right now we need more love from everybody,” Nagy told Golic and Wingo on Monday. “Some people, whatever their definition of love is, I know what mine is, and as a leader with our team right now, they’re going to feel that even more and that’s very important. So listening and love goes a long way and this is real. We’ve got be able to talk about it and if you can’t, then it’s not right and we need to so that’s where we’re at.”

Nagy is entering his third season as head coach of the Bears.

The 42-year-old took over in 2018 and had a very successful first season at the helm, leading Chicago to 12 wins and an NFC North division title. It represented the Bears' first playoff appearance since the 2010-11 campaign.

However, this past season, Chicago was one of the NFL's most disappointing teams, going just 8-8 and missing the playoffs entirely.