Tag: thanksgiving

The Chicago Bears have fired coach Matt Eberflus after two seasons with the team. This comes off the heels of working with the Indianapolis Colts as a defensive coordinator and trying to piece together what other predecessors have accomplished as head featured coaches.

Shamefully, on Thanksgiving Day Eberflus was ruthlessly targeted for his clock management and it was not more apparent in the waning stages of the game between famously Detroit and coach Dan Campbell’s team.

Eberflus refused to call a timeout and the football game was over.

The Bears had just become 4-8 after a strong start to their offense in the beginning of the season and fell to the bottom after regretful Hail Marys and lopsided losses to uncompetitive NFL defenses.

This could not have gone sour under quarterback Caleb Williams who set the rookie record yesterday for most consecutive passes (212) without an interception.

Williams was the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Bears and general manager Ryan Poles. Poles triggered the move to trade Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers and look out for the USC product.

What is it smart?

Maybe, that Fields is not talented and will not be rumored to earn $100 million immediately in free agency by former Super Bowl winner Russell Wilson but the tandem work together, they are 8-3, overcome an impressive Jayden Daniels-Commanders team and Poles is at fault.

He does not look the type to be in the position others strive for. He looks stoic, out of touch and took his inner emotions on the wrong coach two seasons in who just last year provided an excellent speech to the team this year was going to be a turnaround under a rookie quarterback.

The NFC North is stacking up to be huge but the Bears, they are plummeting in season one of Williams.