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NFL players and coaches have so many prior connections to one another.

When the Jets play the Bears tomorrow, it will be a reunion for head coaches Todd Bowles and Matt Nagy

Bowles was a star at Elizabeth, NJ high school which won a state championship in 1980 when Nagy's father was a defensive line coach. This was two years before Nagy was born.

Young Nagy and Bowles later coached together on Andy Reid's staff with the Eagles in 2012.

Bowles wanted to interview Nagy in 2017 to be his defensive coordinator, but was blocked by Reid.

It will be an important game for both teams.