Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy will not coach Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers, the team said Saturday. He remains quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19, which he announced on Monday.
Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor, who ran meetings that Nagy couldn't be a part of this week, will assume head-coaching duties in Sunday's Week 8 contest at Soldier Field. Tabor is in his 14th season as an NFL assistant.
Tabor was first with the Bears as an assistant special teams coach when he entered the NFL from 2008-10. He rejoined Chicago in 2018 as the special teams coordinator.
When asked Thursday about potentially taking over for Nagy against the 49ers, Tabor said, "If that comes to fruition, I'll be honest with you, I run a team meeting every day, and I know in the special teams world, it is a team meeting.
"I deal with every player on this football team, from the quarterbacks to the defensive linemen to the offensive linemen. I meet with them every (day). To me, that's no different. Meeting and leading guys, that's not a big deal."
The Bears (3-4) are coming off a 38-3 loss last week to the Buccaneers. They currently sit third behind the Packers (7-1) and Vikings (3-3) in the NFC North.
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