Bears vs Packers preview: Tony Dungy on the NFC North rivalry and Matt Nagy’s status

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Bears are set to play their final game against the Pack this season as Justin Fields is back and ready to go, but can they pull off the upset? NBC's Sunday Night Football analyst and Hall of Famer, Tony Dungy joins host Ken Davis to discuss the Bears vs Pack and what the Bears need to get done to get the win in Green Bay. Later on in the pod, they discuss Matt Nagy and the precarious position he's in as Bears coach, and they discuss Dungy's career including the influence Dennis Green had on him.(1:00) - Have the Bears done a good enough job with Justin Fields?(6:20) - Can the Bears pull off the upset can Matt Nagy save his job?(14:00) - Tony Dungy's coaching career and the movement for black coaches(21:50) - Best defensive player Dungy's ever coachedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:13.8	St. Xavier University.
0:31.1	The Bears are taking on the Green Bay Packers Sunday night.
0:35.5	And from Football Night in America, we have Hall of Famer, all right, coach, but also
0:40.5	player in the past if you didn't know.
0:42.6	We have the great Tony Dungey joining us.
0:45.1	Tony, as I told you, I didn't really want to call you, Tony.
0:49.3	All right.
0:50.1	Just being someone that grew up in NFC North, it's weird to do that.
0:53.9	And I'll get to that at the end, but I want to focus on the Bears right now.
0:57.1	So listen, you've seen it.
0:59.6	What are your thoughts on so far this season, and even prior to the season, how the Bears
1:04.8	brought Justin Fields along?
1:06.7	Because in all fairness, regardless of what happens this year, he's the most important
1:10.6	part of what the Bears are doing presently and in the future.
1:13.9	Yeah, and I'm really a firm believer, and I've seen it both ways, but I'm a firm believer that you take these young quarterbacks now, and you get them involved and get them in the lineup and get them playing.
1:24.8	I know Coach Nagy came from the Kansas City system where Patrick
1:28.7	Mahomes sat for a year and he's played great since then. And so that was kind of his thought
1:34.9	process. But I just feel like we don't know how great Patrick Mahon might be even better had he
1:40.7	played that first year. I don't know. I do know this. When I got to
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