Matt Nagy isn't giving up play calling duties for Bears offense

Head coach Matt Nagy's evaluation of the Bears offense after an abysmal performance against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football has to start with a look in the mirror.

For the time being, Nagy is not giving up play calling duties for this offense. But on Tuesday, Nagy said he’s at least willing to consider it.

“I talk to our coaches and we talk through that whole process,” Nagy said. “I’m really, honestly, not opposed to – there's no opposition from me if we feel like that's what the issue is. And so we look at that. Right now, where we're at, that's not where we think [the problem is] at.”

Nagy said when the team is in a rut, which it clearly is, he has to look at all options.

Nagy is an offensive-minded coach who fired much of his offensive staff after the 2019 season. He brought in new faces, new assistant coaches with their own opinions and experiences, and still the Bears are stuck where they started.

That's why Nagy has to take a good, hard look in the mirror. Could offensive coordinator Bill Lazor call a better game than Nagy? It might be worth trying it, if nothing else, for the sake of changing things up.

“No one here, coach and/or player, has too big of an ego to think that [the problem is] not them,” Nagy said. “We talk through those kinds of decisions. We'll just keep evaluating and rolling and seeing where we're at.”

The 2020 Bears offensive line is in trouble and the run game hasn't panned out. Quarterback Nick Foles had almost no time in the pocket Monday, and almost no opportunity to step into his throws.

“Just for myself playing quarterback my entire life, when quarterback is hard is when you can’t step into your throws,” Nagy said. “That’s what quarterbacking is hard.”

It was certainly hard for Foles against the Rams.

Nagy indicated Tuesday that the quarterback and offensive line have to be in sync. When the quarterback drops too deep in the pocket, it makes life hard on the tackles to protect him. But the quarterback also can’t step up into the pocket if he doesn’t have enough room to step up.

Nagy said he doesn’t think a mobile quarterback is necessarily the answer. The Bears are not going back to Mitch Trubisky anytime soon, from the sounds of it.

“I’m not so sure that that’s the answer, with what we’re talking about, with the drop back of a quarterback and the tackle situation,” Nagy said. “We have a lot of confidence, and I have a lot of confidence, in Nick right now with where he’s at. Again, this is a process for us to work though. It’s not just one person.”