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Matt Nagy on Mitch Trubisky's Monday night breakthrough: 'That confidence word is so big'

CHICAGO - The Bears returned home from Washington, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning after a much-needed 31-15 blowout of the Redskins. With the defense exploding for five takeaways and the offense taking a step in the right direction, the Bears have their first winning streak of 2019 and the positive vibes that come with it. On Tuesday afternoon at Halas Hall, Matt Nagy assessed several elements of the victory and his team's progress. Here are the most notable highlights from the coach's news conference.

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On how quarterback Mitch Trubisky did Monday night with the touchdown-to-checkdown mentality Nagy preaches:

He was good. We had a couple opportunities where they kind of played soft and off looking for that, and

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