'We were going to win the Super Bowl': Matt Nagy is still energized by his team's response to its playoff loss

In the days after the Bears season ended with a gut-wrenching loss to the Eagles, Matt Nagy found himself stewing, his competitive tenacity still gnawing away and reminding him that a dozen regular-season wins and an NFC North title meant only so much.

Nagy badly wanted his team to march deeper into the playoffs, making a run at their grandest goal. Instead, the Bears were abruptly separating for the offseason, cleaning out the locker room and left to chew on the reality that the franchise's first playoff win since January 2011 would have to wait at least another year.

Still, if there was one thing that consistently reassured the Bears' 40-year-old coach, it was the demeanor and drive of his players. In individual