Bears coach Matt Nagy on major take over Lions: 'I can’t request for anything else more'

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy came into the Thanksgiving game in opposition to the Detroit Lions with uncertainty about his future with the group mounting.

Nagy became as soon as linked to experiences earlier in the week that claimed he became as soon as going to build up fired after the Lions game. ESPN shot down the report, announcing Nagy became as soon as urged the initial rumors were counterfeit. Regardless, Nagy and the Bears wanted a take Thursday in opposition to the winless Lions and did exact that.

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Thanks to mismanagement on the stay of the game, Andy Dalton led an 18-play drive that became as soon as capped off with a game-profitable field objective from Cairo Santos. Chicago gained the game 16-14.

“As a long way because the game, the single ingredient I can elevate out is give total appreciation and as a result of the players and coaches. I can’t request for anything else more. I indicate, here’s a undeniable personnel staunch thru the board. , clearly mentioning the obvious, we’ve been thru some stuff. Distractions the final couple days, nonetheless it exact proves to who they are, you perceive what I indicate? What bear of warring parties they are, what bear of winners they are,” Nagy acknowledged after the game.

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“There’s exact an appreciation that I and we as coaches have for them because they’re the ones that needed to exit and elevate out it this day. , as soon as you take a look on the game, I want to reward Detroit. I perceive it’s not easy. However on the the same point and time, I do know that they’ve obtained mammoth coaches and mammoth players and that became as soon as a animated game. Guys stepping up for us, staunch thru the board.”

He credited the personnel for combating thru “distractions.”

“I mediate all americans understands with the distractions that we had, that we fought thru it. So, there became as soon as a report that came out that became as soon as counterfeit and that’s where it started. And then we had alter to and we persevered with our days. We had our practices love we typically would, and I cleared it up with the personnel. As I mediate all americans is conscious, the following day [Bears Chairman George McCaskey] came in and had an precise talk with the personnel and confirmed that that wasn’t exact. And then we went about our commercial.”

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The Bears moved to 4-7 with the take. Chicago snapped a five-game shedding chase.