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REPORT: Matt Nagy High on Colts List for a Chuck Pagano Replacement

By Drew Koch

NEW ORLEANS - JULY 27: Matt Nagy of the Columbus Destroyers speaks after receiving an award during the ADT ArenaBall Awards Gala at The Sugar Mill on July 27, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. ArenaBowl XXI will be played between the COlumbus Destroyers and the San Jose SaberCats on Sunday July 29. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images for AFL)
NEW ORLEANS - JULY 27: Matt Nagy of the Columbus Destroyers speaks after receiving an award during the ADT ArenaBall Awards Gala at The Sugar Mill on July 27, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. ArenaBowl XXI will be played between the COlumbus Destroyers and the San Jose SaberCats on Sunday July 29. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images for AFL) /
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NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported earlier today that Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive coordinator Matt Nagy would be high on the list of potential replacements for Chuck Pagano should Indianapolis part ways with their head coach this season.

Matt Nagy, a former collegiate quarterback at the University of Delaware, is the current offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. Nagy has been a member of the Chiefs’ coaching staff since 2013 and was previously a part of head coach Andy Reid’s staff with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Pelissero cites the relationship that Nagy and current Colts’ GM Chris Ballard cultivated as a reason for the potential interest in Nagy. Ballard was the director of player personnel for the Chiefs from 2013-2014 and Kansas City’s director of football operations from 2015-2016.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid does the play calling in Kansas City, however, as Pelisero notes in his report, current Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson never called plays while on Reid’s staff either. Pederson currently oversees the NFL’s number-two ranked team in total offense.

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Nagy has the Chiefs ranked in the top five in total offense this season. The Colts’ offense has struggled this year without starting quarterback Andrew Luck and are currently ranked 22nd.

Several current and former NFL head coaches have come from Andy Reid’s coaching tree. Pederson, Ron Rivera (Carolina Panthers) and John Harbaugh (Baltimore Ravens) all studied under Reid before they became head coaches.

While Colts’ head coach Chuck Pagano still has a home in Indianapolis, a 3-7 record after back-to-back .500 seasons does not offer much job security. In five plus years as the Colts’ head coach, Pagano is 52-38 (.578) and hasn’t led the Colts to the postseason since 2014. Also, general manager Chris Ballard inherited Pagano from the Ryan Grigson era and would likely prefer to hire his own head coach.

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