for the Chiefs. Coaching style Strategy Upon his hiring as Bears head coach, Chicago general manager Ryan Pace called Nagy "highly intelligent" and had a "very creative, outside-the-box thought process". He operates a variation of the West Coast offense inspired by Reid, completing short, quick passes to receivers and maintaining possession of the football by throwing instead of running; the quarterback is also permitted to attempt deeper throws, even if they are not completed, to force the defense to cover a wider range of the field. Nagy considers himself an aggressive coach, a doctrine that has drawn criticism for being "too cute". Nagy's offense heavily incorporates the run-pass option (RPO), which allows the quarterback to analyze the defense as a play begins and make decisions based on what he sees, along with player movement before the snap and misdirection feints to distract the defense. To better run the RPO, Nagy hired former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich as offensive coordinator in 2018; despite Helfrich's lack of NFL coaching experience at the time, he ran a fast-paced read-option offense at Oregon, a system that would otherwise not work in the NFL as defensive players are too fast but features enough nuances to be included in Nagy's offense. During Nagy's first year as Bears head coach, 19.2 percent of the team's total play calls was an RPO, the second most in the league behind Reid's Chiefs; the previous year under John Fox, only 2.7 percent of plays were RPOs (ranked 26th). Wide receiver routes are derived from the air raid offense. For running plays, the offensive line uses a gap blocking scheme in which the line creates one lane for the running back to enter, though a zone blocking scheme, which lets the back decide his own lane based on the line's motions, was also implemented during the 2018 season. Aspects of his offense are also inspired by his playing career; certain player archetypes and West Coast plays such as the bubble screen and hot read are based in arena football strategy, while his preference to throw deep to stretch the defense is influenced by the indoor sport's tendency to do the same. In Kansas City, he devised running plays that relied on misdirection and jet sweeps, which were inspired by the Wing T at Delaware. During the 2018 season, Nagy frequently used trick plays, designed with assistance from his players and