In the days after he tested positive for the coronavirus Monday, Matt Nagy began preparing acting head coach Chris Tabor for the possibility he’d be in charge Sunday at Soldier Field.
And that’s probably the biggest challenge as you go through this, is, just making sure that everybody is doing everything as best as they can.
“You’ve always been preparing yourself your whole life to do that,” said Tabor, who last served as a head coach in 2001, when he ran NAIA Culver-Stockton for one year.
The irony is that, after Nagy delegated play-calling to offensive coordinator Bill Lazor following the Week 3 blowout loss to the Browns, he learned hard into a personality-driven coaching style.
Nagy has said all month that not calling plays allows him to be more connected — to everyone from quarterback to his defense — on game day.
If they lose, the same people will paint the Bears as a sinking ship without a leader.