Matt Nagy rumor led to awkward exchanges with Bears players, coaches

“When they went to walkthrough it just took on a life of its own. … Later that day, Matt Nagy went and addressed the players and coaches, but the way he did it was almost in a solemn way,” Glazer said. “Even after he said it’s not true, players and coaches were like, ‘Hey Matt, it’s been great.’ So it got to the point where owner George McCaskey (on Wednesday) came into the team meeting room and addressed the entire team and said that is absolutely not true.”

Glazer noted that McCaskey did assure the team that Nagy won’t be fired at some point, but he said the report about Thanksgiving is “unequivocally not true.”

Nagy is obviously on the hot seat. If his job was safe, McCaskey and the Bears could come out and release a statement supporting the head coach. Instead, they have only leaked information to the media to dispute one particular report.

The Bears are 3-7 heading into Thursday’s game, and there has been talk of major dysfunction within the organization. Fans have turned on Nagy with ‘fire Nagy!’ chants in inappropriate settings. Some players may also be tuning out the head coach.

It seems like only a matter of time before Nagy is fired, but all signs point to his job being safe for at least another week.