Very Bad News: Chicago Bears Head Coach Angry and Announced resignation immediately….
Before this season, the Chicago Bears had never fired a coach during a season, a fact they were proud of.
They’ve also never experienced some of the late-game coaching fiascos they’ve had this season, especially what happened on Thanksgiving with everyone watching.
Eberflus will take a final timeout from the Detroit Lions loss into his next job.
A final-minute debacle, in which the Bears let about 25 seconds run off the clock instead of calling a timeout in a 23-20 loss to the Lions, was the end of the Bears’ patience.
Eberflus met the media Friday morning and was fired shortly after.
It’s the first time the Bears have fired a head coach during a season.
The 2024 season didn’t start that poorly. They were 4-2 at the bye, though some weak opponents helped. After the bye it got ugly. Williams started to regress.
The Bears lost to the Washington Commanders on a Hail Mary, which came after the Bears gave up just enough yards to get Washington in range for the long throw, a decision that Eberflus said “doesn’t really matter.”
A couple weeks later the Bears were in position to beat the Green Bay Packers but settled for a 46-yard field goal attempt that was blocked.
The Packers said they knew kicker Cairo Santos had a low trajectory on his kicks, which gave them a shot at blocking the last attempt.
Eberflus stood by that decision to not try and get closer.
An overtime loss to the Minnesota Vikings made it seem like perhaps the Bears were getting a little better, but the embarrassing loss to the Lions erased that thought.
