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Carmen Vitali
NFL Reporter
The Chicago Bears have officially done something they’ve never done before in their 104-year franchise history: fire a head coach in the middle of the season.
Following a third consecutive heartbreaking loss, this one 23-20 on Thanksgiving Day to the divisional rival Detroit Lions, Matt Eberflus was relieved of his coaching duties, the team announced Friday.
The news followed Eberflus’ normal day-after weekly press conference held earlier Friday morning, wherein Eberflus said things were “business as usual” and that he was “confident” he would be coaching the Bears in their next game against the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app).
Two hours later, he was out.
Mismanagement and malpractice seems to go beyond the head coach position in Chicago. Making this drastic of a move when it has never done so before signals something both bleak and maybe encouraging for Bears fans.
It probably can’t get worse.
The Bears had deemed their coach a liability. It’s the only reason for firing a head coach before the season is over, and after gross incompetence in a potential game-tying situation yet again, there’s really no argument against that.
[Related: NFL head coach hot seat rankings: Matt Eberflus might not be last coach to go]
Though Chicago got off to a slow start against the NFL’s best team on the road in Thursday’s nationally televised game, they fought back. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams led a touchdown drive to pull the Bears within three points with 5:36 left in the game. It was Chicago’s third touchdown in four drives. The defense then pulled it together, forcing a punt to give the Bears the ball back with 2:05 left in regulation.
It was largely a start-stop drive, but Williams and the offense got to the Lions’ 25-yard line. Penalties and an ill-timed sack taken by Williams pushed them back to the Detroit 41 with 36…
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Publish date : 2024-11-29 19:47:00
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