A couple weeks ago we spotlighted our exclusive Q&A with Football Outsiders about the 2018 Chicago Bears. In case you missed any of those articles you can check them out right here.What are some Andy Reid tendencies that we might see Matt Nagy bring with him to Chicago?Cody Withehair had a rough year in 2017 after playing superbly as a rookie
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