For the third time in four seasons, the Bears are hiring a defensive coordinator.
Chuck Pagano is retiring according to several league sources. The longtime defensive coach and former Colts head coach has run the Bears’ defense the past two seasons. It ranked in the top 10 both seasons of the Football Outsiders DVOA metric.
It’s Matt Nagy who is hired as he and GM Ryan Pace are expected to return for the 2021 season.
However, the defense did not meet the expectations given the star power on that side of the ball. After leading the league in 2018 under Vic Fangio with 36 takeaways, the Bears have combined in 37 in Pagano̵
In the playoff loss to the Saints, the defense had one of its better performances compared to how it had played against the Lions, Packers and Vikings …
