Matt Nagy Articles - Page 7

Cordarrelle Patterson has never quite lived up to the hype surrounding his promising NFL debut. Just because he’s struggled to develop as a receiver, though, hardly means the playmaking veteran has been unable to carve himself a niche in the league as one of football’s most dangerous players with the ball in his hands. Now […]

Chicago Bears all-purpose threat Cordarrelle Patterson had two words when asked why he decided to sign with the Bears, Matt Nagy. Patterson can return kicks, run out of the backfield, and catch passes, and he has been impressed watching what Nagy can do. Patterson knows he has a lot of different talents, and he knows […]

The Chicago Bears are hoping for Leonard Floyd to take forward strides this season. Matt Nagy said that Floyd has been like ‘a sponge’ throughout the offseason. Matt Nagy said of Leonard Floyd: "He's very, very eager to learn every single day. He's a sponge. … He's very focused, very driven, smart player. Now, it's […]

The Chicago Bears may have finally found a solution to their kicking woes in the form of Eddy Pineiro. The former Florida Gator is close to getting a contract after an impressive outing against the Indianapolis Colts. He was 2-for-2 on field goals Saturday night, one of which was an impressive 58-yard field goal. He […]

The Chicago Bears are hoping to get in the win column in the preseason as they enter their third preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Through two weeks, Chicago has fallen victim to the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants. In the Bears’ preseason opener, the team elected to not play the majority of their […]

The Chicago Bears have been without Anthony Miller on the practice field since early in August. According to Bears head coach Matt Nagy, Miller’s injury could stretch into “weeks.” “It is what it is,” Nagy said. “When he’s back out there and he’s rolling, we as coaches have to limit what we do with him […]

The Chicago Bears have high expectations for running back Tarik Cohen going into the 2019 NFL season. Regardless, it seems head coach Matt Nagy is hoping to temper things down a bit. Cohen saw his workload increase as the season went on last year. According to Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times, Nagy is hoping […]

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky managed to silence the critics with a breakout year in 2018. It appears head coach Matt Nagy is optimistic that it was a sign of things to come. Although Trubisky endured his fair share of struggles, there is no denying the promise he showed as a bonafide franchise quarterback. According […]

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky has been considered by many to be a disappointment through his first two years in the NFL, but Bears head coach Matt Nagy is expecting Trubisky to make a big jump in Year 3. Nagy told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network that Trubisky is “way past” where he was a […]

The Chicago Bears are not known as an offensive team, as their stout defense is what carried them to 12 wins and an NFC North division title this past year. But that doesn’t mean their offense isn’t improving, and on Tuesday, Bears head coach Matt Nagy said he “feels really good” about where the Bears […]

If you haven’t already, you may want to invest in some stock in David Montgomery of the Chicago Bears. Matt Nagy has been impressed with the rookie rusher and believes the best is yet to come. “It’s been steady and just completely in one direction,” Nagy said. “OTAs was a lot of pass game, so […]

The running back position is becoming devalued in today’s NFL, which is centered around the passing game. Despite that, the Chicago Bears selected David Montgomery in this year’s draft. The Bears used the 73rd overall pick to take Montgomery in a draft that seemingly wasn’t littered with any superstar running backs. In recent seasons, we’ve […]

The Chicago Bears have not been shy about expressing their high hopes on offense going into the 2019 NFL season. Head coach Matt Nagy may be relying on wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson to help them do so. Patterson has established himself as quite the swiss-army man thanks to his versatility as a weapon on offense […]

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy has been very impressed with what he has seen of the defense so far in training camp. Last year the Bears defense was strong but a change was made at coordinator with Chuck Pagano coming in this offseason and there were some question marks about how they would react. “They’re […]

Matt Nagy is entering just his second year as the Chicago Bears’ head coach, but he has already seen enough of wide receiver Allen Robinson to call him “one of the top players I’ve ever coached,” according to Larry Mayer of the Bears’ official team website. “It’s important for our guys in that room to […]

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy is a popular guy in the city and on Wednesday he was at Wrigley Field to throw out the first pitch before the Chicago Cubs game. After a couple of arm rolls to get ready Nagy threw a pitch right down broadway and the crowd seemed delighted with the throw. […]

The Chicago Bears won 12 games and captured the NFC North division title this past season, but their season ended in heartbreak, as they fell to the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 16-15 in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. The fashion in which the Bears lost was truly gut-wrenching, as Cody Parkey […]

The Chicago Bears will play host to the NFC North division rival Green Bay Packers to kick off the 2019 NFL season on Thursday, Sept. 5, and Bears head coach Matt Nagy is thrilled to get that primetime slot: “So, what I learned from coach [Andy] Reid when we were in Philadelphia and Kansas City […]

The Chicago Bears enjoyed a bit of a resurgence in the 2018 NFL season. As a result, head coach Matt Nagy knows expectations are as high as ever moving forward. The Bears find themselves in unfamiliar territory after enduring so many losing seasons in recent years. Nagy stressed the importance of making sure his team […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday’s Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers game, and he meant business. Nagy gave his first hint about how the first pitch would go when he started rubbing the ball up before he went out to the mound like a true pro. He then […]

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy has continued to show the team this offseason how last season ended and that isn’t something that Jeff Fisher necessarily agrees with. Fisher knows that he isn’t in the locker room and each team could react differently to this kind of coaching, but Fisher thinks maybe there is a better […]

How often would you want to relive the worst moment of your professional career? The Chicago Bears don’t have a say in that question, because according to running back Tarik Cohen, head coach Matt Nagy keeps playing their playoff loss for them. On Jan. 6, the Bears lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC […]

All coaches handle loss differently. Some trash the tape of painful, season-ending games in hopes of moving forward into the new year. Matt Nagy is the opposite of that. According to running back Tarik Cohen, the Chicago Bears coach has been showing clips of the playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles to remind them of the pain. “He’ll show it […]

After missing offseason workouts with a shoulder injury, Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller’s recovery appears to be on track and coach Matt Nagy expects the pass catcher to be fully ready for training camp. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reported the news. A 2018 second-round draft pick, Miller had a solid rookie season, catching […]

Chicago Bears tight end Trey Burton has missed all of the off-season training program recovering from a sports hernia surgery but coach Matt Nagy expects he will be ready for the start of training camp. Matt Nagy reiterates that he “feels good” about TE Trey Burton being ready for the beginning of training camp late […]

Chicago Bears rookie running back David Montgomery is going to have a lot on his plate. The team traded away Jordan Howard this offseason, clearing the way for a lot of playing time. Montgomery will share time in the backfield with Tarik Cohen and potentially Mike Davis or others, but as of right now he […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy is resorting to the silent treatment in training his kickers. Nagy got the idea from watching The Masters. More than 100 individuals will watch the Bears kickers compete for the starting job in silence, per The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain. ‘It doesn’t really get quiet all the time when you’re […]

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky made his coach Matt Nagy proud, but it’s probably not for what you think. Over the weekend Trubisky took in a Chicago White Sox game on the South side of Chicago, and a camera caught him chugging a beer along with Kyle Long. Shoutout cameraman @ChaseDaniel you were a good […]

Under coach Matt Nagy, and led by Khalil Mack, the Chicago Bears took massive strides in 2018. The team won the NFC North and went to the playoffs for the first time since 2010. Yet, the season didn’t entirely end the way they wanted; infamously, they lost their wild card game thanks to a missed […]

The Chicago Bears were the breakouts of the 2018 NFL season. Matt Nagy surpassed all expectations in his first year as a head coach, and led his team to a division title. If it weren’t for Cody Parkey’s double-doink, they would’ve won a playoff game. But now they’ll have higher expectations heading into 2019, and […]

The Buffalo Bears had rookie minicamp over the weekend which was Matt Nagy’s first chance to see the guys he drafted on the field and one guy he came away really impressed with is wideout Riley Ridley. Ridley was drafted in the 4th round by the Bears and Nagy was really impressed with the way […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy is unsure how many kickers he will keep on the team’s roster, a natural point of uncertainty for an organization in search of stability. My general thoughts on who did well in the Bears’ kicking competition this weekend: Elliot Fry, Chris Blewitt, Spencer Evans and Casey Bednarski. Matt Nagy […]

The Chicago Bears managed to select former Iowa State Cyclones running back David Montgomery in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. With the Bears securing one of the top non-first round talents in the entire draft, head coach Matt Nagy appears to be pretty happy that Montgomery is headed to Chicago. Speaking about […]

The Chicago Bears recorded their best win-loss record (12-4) since 2006. Chicago also made it to the postseason for the first time in eight years. We expect the Bears of 2019 to become Super Bowl contenders, and the expectations make sense. Anything less than a Super Bowl win is unacceptable for head coach Matt Nagy […]

The Chicago Bears have full confidence in starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky — head coach Matt Nagy included. Not only that, but Nagy believes that the up-and-coming signal caller remains primed for an improve season in 2019-20. While his soon-to-be third-year quarterback continues to grow as a NFL player, Nagy knows that Trubisky’s responses to broken […]

The Chicago Bears shocked the world by winning the NFC North Division and reaching the postseason in 2018. However, head coach Matt Nagy and quarterback Mitchell Trubisky won’t have the element of surprise next season with the rest of the NFL already on notice. Nonetheless, Nagy believes his starting signal caller will soon take the […]

The Chicago Bears took the football world by storm a season ago while the once heralded NFC North franchise not only won the division in 2018 but now appear primed for a lengthy run at the league for years to come. With the tandem of second-year quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and first-year head coach Matt Nagy […]

The Green Bay Packers made one of the more surprising hires of the offseason back in January, electing to go with the inexperienced Matt LaFleur as their new head coach. LaFleur is a disciple of Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, so there are some high hopes for LaFleur to bring McVay’s style of […]

The Chicago Bears haven’t been signing superstars this offseason, but they have still signed good impact players like Cordarrelle Patterson, who Matt Nagy is very excited about getting on board. Patterson, a former first-round pick, is a great kick returner and is a threat from anywhere on the field. Last year with the New England […]