Bears opt to make sweeping changes, fire GM Pace, coach Nagy


              FILE - Chicago Bears President and CEO Ted Phillips talks to media after a news conference in Lake Forest, Ill., Jan. 9, 2015. The Bears fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, and have brought in Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian to be part of part of a five-person search team that includes Phillips. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears chairman George H. McCaskey talks to reporters after an end of season NFL football news conference with coach John Fox and general manager Ryan Pace, Jan. 4, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. McCaskey simply could not ignore the Bears' record, no matter how much he and the rest of his family that owns the team enjoyed having general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy around. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 31-17. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, hoping new leadership in the front office and on the sideline will lift a struggling franchise. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn, File)
            
              Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy, left, talks with Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, right, before an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Minneapolis. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday. The Minnesota Vikings fired general manager Rick Spielman and head coach Mike Zimmer, also on Monday. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy walks the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Chicago. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, hoping new leadership in the front office and on the sideline will lift a struggling franchise. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy, left, speaks as general manager Ryan Pace looks on at a news conference during an NFL football training camp in Bourbonnais, Ill., July 19, 2018. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, hoping new leadership in the front office and on the sideline will lift a struggling franchise. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy argues a call against his team during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, in Chicago. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, hoping new leadership in the front office and on the sideline will lift a struggling franchise. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)
            
              FILE - Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace walks on the field before the team's NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins in Chicago, Aug. 14, 2021. The Chicago Bears decided to make sweeping changes and fired general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, hoping new leadership in the front office and on the sideline will lift a struggling franchise. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
            
              Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy, center, walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 31-17. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
            
              Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy, left, talks with Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, right, before an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Bears opt to make sweeping changes, fire GM Pace, coach Nagy