The Bears have only seven starters with postseason experience — a total of 25 games’ worth.
When Matt Nagy started his NFL coaching career, Doug Pederson, now the Eagles’ head coach, was the Philadelphia’s quality control coach. Nagy was below him.
“The assistant to the assistant,” the Bears head coach Monday.
When Pederson was promoted to the Eagles’ quarterbacks coach, Nagy followed behind, becoming the offensive quality control coach. When the two followed head coach Andy Reid to Kansas City in 2013, Pederson became the offensive coordinator, Nagy the quarterbacks coach.
“So we keep following this path here,” Nagy said. “So I told [Pederson] at the owners meetings this past offseason that he got that Super Bowl. I’m trying to follow his lead here.
Bears inside linebacker Danny Trevathan talks to side judge Dyrol Prioleau on Sunday.| Bruce Kluckhohn/AP photo
“He probably doesn’t want to hear that right now. But I’m trying to stick on that path.”
A year ago, Pederson was the hotshot play-calling head coach with no playoff experience. Nagy, and his Bears, inherited that mantle this season.
Playoff football is different. The Eagles, who won the Super Bowl last season, know that. The Bears are about to find out.
“The intensity is completely different,” Nagy said. “It’s not even close.
