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The Chicago Bears suffered a brutal 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, and it was once again completely preventable if they had a competent head coach.
While Chicago trailed 16-0 at halftime, the offense came to life under rookie quarterback Caleb Williams in the second half. They outscored Detroit 20-7 in the second half, which included three touchdown drives from Williams -- two passes to Keenan Allen and one to DJ Moore.
While the talk of the game should be Williams' impressive second half and how he once again led a comeback (that ended in a loss), it's all about head coach Matt Eberflus and his clock mismanagement that led to a loss. Williams took a sack with 30 seconds left. But instead of using their final timeout to save time to boot a field goal or get closer for an attempt, Eberflus let the clock tick down to spoil a potential comeback bid.
As you can imagine, Eberflus' coaching future is in jeopardy. The Bears have never fired a head coach midseason, but this very well might finally break that curse. Nothing like getting embarrassed on national television when you should've won.
NFL world believes Matt Eberflus should've coached his final game with Bears
Eberflus not realizing they didn’t have a timeout needs to be the final moment of his coaching career with the Bears.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) November 28, 2024
Eberflus has to go.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) November 28, 2024
I don’t root for coaches to get fired but no way Eberflus should survive that debacle. No way in hell.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) November 28, 2024
Eberflus may as well stay in Detroit… no way he’s the HC next week.
— Alex James Brown (@alexbrown96) November 28, 2024
happy thanksgiving, cherish every second. you never know how much time you have left, especially if your names matt eberflus. pic.twitter.com/RdGsOTEopK
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) November 28, 2024
Fire Eberflus after the game. Do it in front of the entire team. Ruin his Thanksgiving. Tell him to call his family to tell them. Make him do it on speaker phone. It’s what he deserves.
— Ross Pins (@chisportsross) November 28, 2024
If you don't fire Matt Eberflus after this you don't deserve to be an NFL franchise.
Worst clock management I've ever seen.— Dave (@dave_bfr) November 28, 2024
That “Matt Eberflus has been fired” alert is going to hit different tonight.
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) November 28, 2024
Not sure if there’s anyone on staff who could do the job.
And would hate to fire anyone on the holiday.
But keeping Matt Eberflus another day is a sign to the rest of the organization that you accept constant gameday miscalculations & failures.
It happens EVERY week.
🐻⬇️— Silvy (@WaddleandSilvy) November 28, 2024
What’s so wild is you take inventory of all the moments Eberflus has bungled in his tenure and somehow he finds new ways to show you he shouldn’t have the job he does.
It is almost impressive.— dan durkin (@djdurkin) November 28, 2024
Matt Eberflus tomorrow morning pic.twitter.com/CHfbevgpso
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 28, 2024
WTF IS MATT EBERFLUS DOING???
THAT IS MALPRACTICE!!!!
How do you single-handedly ruin the end of a game like that. That was the most idiotic, embarrassing, utter disgrace of clock management I’ve ever seen.
Bears fans should be SICK!!!— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 28, 2024
That should be the final play of the head coaching career of Matt Eberflus.
— Mark Carman (@thecarm) November 28, 2024
Bears gotta leave Matt Eberflus in Detroit. He gotta hitchhike back.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) November 28, 2024
that was the final boss of Matt Eberflus disaster classes lmao
fire him right now— Jeremy (@JeromeyR0me) November 28, 2024
The Bears may not even need to fire Matt Eberflus. With his clock management, he’ll probably miss the flight home. pic.twitter.com/XOs5tsTtTY
— Korked Bats (@korkedbats) November 28, 2024
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