Being a Chicago Bears fan this is nothing new for the fan base getting humiliated on a national broadcast. That is what went down in Detroit on Thanksgiving. The Bears in the last three games have pretty much been MIA in the first half of important games against division rivals the last three weeks. In the second half it seems like the Bears rookie quarterback suddenly wakes up and finds ways to get the team back in the game. In the first game of the Thanksgiving Day slate, the Bears were lingering around the field goal range with about 30 seconds left with a time out and chance to tie the game with the Lions or perhaps win the game. Caleb Williams, like he’s done multiple times, took a bad sack on 2nd down as the clock ticked away. It took Williams at least 20 seconds to get the offense set up for the next play. Let me remind you that the Bears head coach Matt Eberflus had a time out in his back pocket. The play went off and by the time Williams threw the ball, seconds on the clock had vanished. It was a deep pass to rookie wide receiver Rome Odunze and ended up being incomplete. Game over!! As everyone was speechless over what just happened on turkey day with the entire nation wondering why the Bears did not use the time out to reset things.

Immediately the CBS broadcasters chimed in saying this clock management by Matt Eberflus was horrendous. The former Falcon QB Matt Ryan now working the telecasts went on to say….

“This is unacceptable from the head coach position. Your responsibility is not to panic in a critical situation to put your team in the best opportunity to win games. That is a massive, massive fail by Matt Eberflus.”

You know the first question Matt Eberflus was asked in the press conference after the game. Why didn’t you use the timeout? The head coach of the Bears did not accept the blame for yet another blunder & instead threw his quarterback under the bus, Caleb Williams. Basically saying the lack of presence of mind to get the offense situated in time to get the play off & then use the time out. Did Eberflus not see that his rookie quarterback was having problems getting the troops up to the line as precious seconds ticked off? If the time out was used to reset the offense, the Bears could have tried a side line pass to get the first down or even get into field goal range. Obviously whoever caught the ball would need to step out of bounds to stop the clock.The Bears could have also spiked the football to stop the clock & then reset the offense. Then find a play to get them in field goal range while stopping the clock with the time out to set up the kick. Once again we go back to Williams trying to line up his guys which throws the spike out of the equation. Why did the Bears have a deep pass set up on that final play to Rome Odunze? It took the Bears staff too long to get Williams the play. Which is concerning. Williams changed the play to go with the deep ball to the end zone. Overall with a rookie QB, Eberflus needed to call the time out seeing his offense was not responding getting up to the line like a fire drill.

Only three weeks ago the Bears used the offensive coordinator Shane Waldron as the team’s scapegoat and fired him. Before the three division games against the Packers, Vikings, and just recently the Lions, the Bears offense could not generate many points which is frustrating having all these play makers that should get the job done on a regular basis. The Bears promoted Thomas Brown as their new offensive coordinator and the Bears offense looked way better. The Bears were in all three of these division games. You could have said the Bears could have won all three games. How did they lose all 3 game? You have to point to all the mistakes on the field. Which comes down to the head coach on penalties that happened over and over. The bad sacks that happen to their starting quarterback over and over. The clock management, the risky 4th down gambles, and stupid challenges all come down to Matt Eberflus. He was the Jive Turkey of what happened in Detroit. Yesterday his goose was cooked as the Bears finally pulled the trigger on this guy to get rid another stooge they hired as the long list goes on back to the Lovie Smith days when the Bears actually had a decent head coach.

The Bears organization is so dysfunctional on Friday & they knew they were going to fire Matt Eberflus. They still let him do his regular press conference that he does after all games the following day. Answering questions about the game and how he was getting the team prepared for next week. The Bears front office wasted the reporters’ time and by lunch Eberflus had his walking papers. Eberflus should have been fired weeks ago for not calling the time out during that Hail Mary play by the Commanders that beat the Bears with a walk off touchdown. Once again he had a time out and one of his defenders, Tyrique Stevenson, was too busy chirping with the Commanders players and fans on the sidelines thinking his team had the game in the bag. He was late to the party and let the guy he was supposed to cover wide open, game over. The Bears front office should have fired Eberflus after last year. The Bears played better in the 2nd half of the 2023 season. Why keep this guy when you have the number one pick and are going after an elite quarterback. Now once again the last three quarterbacks the Bears have drafted will have to deal with a new head coach and learn a new playbook along with a new offensive scheme. Eberflus is a defensive minded coach and should never be a head coach again as he was way over his head in this type of job. He is a good defensive coordinator, so he should stick to his day job.

Matt Eberflus was in Chicago for three seasons and finished with a record of 14-32 which is only a .304 winning percentage. Eberflus’ record against teams in the Bears division was horrific. The Bears have lost six straight games this season and they went through a 14 game losing streak under the Eberflus watch. Eberflus makes the Bears’ last head coach Matt Nagy look like a genius. Eberflus will probably go down as one of the worst head coaches in Bears history along with the great Marc Trestman. The Bears have promoted Thomas Brown twice in the last few weeks as he will become the interim head coach for the rest of the season.