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Brad Biggs: Bears complete remarkable worst-to-first turnaround, but it's not surprising to them

There were T-shirts and ballcaps handed out to celebrate the Bears' first NFC North crown in eight years but no Gatorade bath for first-year coach Matt Nagy.

When the clock expired on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field, Nagy strode to midfield, where he greeted interim Packers coach Joe Philbin and then Bears all-time nemesis Aaron Rodgers, who had won his last eight starts in the stadium.

Nagy did it with a dry navy team jacket and his customary visor, which he soon traded for a division champs cap.

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