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Now that the dust has settled following their heartbreaking loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson joined 670 The Score to give his side of the story on what happened between him and former head coach Matt Eberflus. “I don’t really give a damn about too much of it,” Johnson […]

As the Chicago Bears look to make one of the most important head coaching decisions in franchise history, general manager Ryan Poles appears to be the ‘point man’ on their search, per Ian Rapoport on X. “Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles met with the media for the first time since the dramatic firing of Matt […]

It doesn’t take an expert to psychoanalyze what has plagued the Chicago Bears over the last six games. All you really need is to have spent a good chunk of your life having closely followed professional sports, and you can start to get the sense of when a team has completely lost belief in their […]

With Matt Eberflus no longer in the picture, the Chicago Bears have filled the remaining holes on their coaching staff internally. After promoting Thomas Brown from interim offensive coordinator to interim head coach, wide receivers coach Chris Beatty will fill his void as the play-caller for the remainder of 2024. Brown will move down to […]

The Chicago Bears have undergone quite a bit of change over the past few weeks, as they have fired both their offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, and now their head coach Matt Eberflus. While Thomas Brown is holding down the fort in the interim, the team is widely expected to hire a new head coach during […]

The Chicago Bears (4-8) have not won a playoff game since 2011, and no quarterback in franchise history has ever thrown for 4,000 passing yards in a season. This organization’s issues have been on display well before Matt Eberflus was hired to be its 18th head coach in 2022, and unless an undeniable culture change […]

After a lights out opening month of the season, the Washington Commanders offense has regressed to the mean over the course of the last month and a half, struggling at times while Jayden Daniels, an early-season MVP consideration, is now in a showdown with Bo Nix just to hang onto Rookie of the Year. But […]

The Chicago Bears decided to move on from head coach Matt Eberflus after the loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, and although many will connect some of the top coordinator names to the job opening, Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman was mentioned as a candidate by Peter Schrager of FOX Sports on […]

Thirteen weeks in, Matt Eberflus became the first head coach to lose his job during the 2024 regular season. With the Chicago Bears now without a head coach, rumors are flying around regarding their next potential hire with Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury becoming an obvious name to consider. Due to his ties to […]

The Chicago Bears will have a lot of decisions to make this offseason after firing head coach Matt Eberflus a day after their Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions. The next person whose job may be on the line is general manager Ryan Poles, but NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport says otherwise. “Ryan Poles is expected […]

After a disastrous end to their Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions, the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus the next day, and that means there’s another team that will be looking for a new coach. There will probably be a list of candidates that the Bears will look at, but there’s a specific […]

The Chicago Bears suffered yet another brutal loss in their Thanksgiving Day matchup against the Detroit Lions. Still, as bad as things got in the logic-defying final 30 seconds of Chicago’s 23-20 Week 13 defeat, the vibes were even worse in the Bears’ locker room after the game. Defensive leader Jaylon Johnson “went crazy,” according […]

The Chicago Bears’ season is all but lost. Head coach Matt Eberflus was fired on Friday after a Thanksgiving loss to the Detroit Lions. Eberflus went 14-32 in his tenure with the Bears. Following the Week 13 loss, Eberflus faced criticism for his decisions late in the game against the Lions. “By Friday morning, Eberflus […]

Once it was official that the Chicago Bears fired Matt Eberflus, safety Jaquan Brisker went to X, formerly known as Twitter, to blast off a rather cryptic message about the former head coach. While he never openly explained the meaning behind his posts, the timing of everything made a bit too much sense to not […]

Matt Eberflus is out as head coach of the Chicago Bears, and Thomas Brown has stepped up as the interim replacement following Friday’s announcement of Eberflus’ firing, according to multiple reports. Brown will maintain his role as the Bears’ offensive play-caller while stepping into his new position, according to a source. This continuity is expected […]

When the Chicago Bears broke the news that Thomas Brown was going to replace Matt Eberflus as the team’s new head coach, no one was happier about the decision than Sean McVay. Signing the Atlanta Flacons/Cleveland Browns running back to his first NFL coaching job all the way back in 2020, when he was brought […]

Something curious happened before news broke that the Chicago Bears were firing their head coach mid-season for the first time in the team’s over 100-year history: Matt Eberflus was allowed to run his usual media session with reporters. That’s right, one day after snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, making bizarre calls and […]

In a decision that came a full year later than it should’ve, the Chicago Bears finally decided to move on from head coach Matt Eberflus on Friday afternoon, putting an end to a miserable tenure marked by late game ineptitude and the growth of a beard that Jedi mind-tricked Bears fans into thinking Flus may actually be a […]

The Chicago Bears are having a disaster of a 2024 season. Chicago is 4-8 after a heartbreaking 23-20 loss against Detroit on Thanksgiving. The Bears had the ball with 33 seconds left in the game, but they squandered that opportunity by burning most of the clock and only running one play. Matt Eberflus never called […]

The Chicago Bears lost their sixth consecutive game on Thursday, dropping a tight contest against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, 23-20. In what was nearly one of the most unexpected comebacks in recent memory, the Bears almost erased a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit. Ultimately, time ran out on Chicago, as rookie quarterback Caleb Williams’ final […]

It’s been no secret recently that former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus was on the hot seat after the team’s 4-7 start. However, its last-second loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving was the final straw, and now the fanbase is celebrating his ouster. @jack_bfr used a GIF to express his excitement, via X, […]

The Chicago Bears officially fired head coach Matt Eberflus on Friday and general manager Ryan Poles released a statement about the move, according to Tom Pelissero. “This morning, after meeting with George and Kevin, we informed Matt of our decision to move in a different direction with the leadership of our football team and the […]

After yet another embarrassing loss, the Chicago Bears decided to fire head coach Matt Eberflus. That decision made his earlier confidence look quite silly in hindsight. Eberflus gave a press conference on Friday morning, expressing confidence that he would be the Bears head coach entering Week 13, via Marquee Bears. It’s almost like he didn’t […]

It has been a record-setting losing streak for the Chicago Bears, and head coach Matt Eberflus got verbally battered by Stephen A. Smith. And it looks like Eberflus — who the Bears fired Friday — has finally admitted the reality of the timeout debacle versus the Lions. The Bears trailed 23-20 with the ball at […]

For the first time in their 100-year-plus history, the Chicago Bears have decided to cut ties with a head coach before the completion of the regular season. Following yet another puzzling late-game decision, Matt Eberflus is being dismissed, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Thomas Brown, who had recently been named offensive coordinator in place […]

After decades of failure, the Detroit Lions are finally elite. However, winning comes at a price, and linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez paid it on Thanksgiving. Rodriguez is out for the season after tearing his ACL during the Lions’ 23-20 victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday, via NFL insider Jordan Schultz. “It’s a devastating blow for […]

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of an epic mid-season collapse. Chicago is 4-8 after a heartbreaking loss against the Lions on Thanksgiving. They have now lost six games in a row, including three nailbiters over the past 11 days. This has understandably drawn out critics of Matt Eberflus, especially after his blunder during […]

Matt Eberflus trudges right along, preparing for the next game. But Chicago Bears players like Keenan Allen seem to think leadership is the issue. After an inexcusable debacle at the end of the game against the Lions, Stephen A. Smith sounded off on Eberflus. The Bears had the ball in Lions territory in the final […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus has been on the top of everyone’s minds, and not for good reason, especially after the 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. The Bears coach didn’t call a timeout while his team was within field goal range and wasted 30 seconds of the game clock. That decision, […]

At this point, what more can even be said about the Chicago Bears? This team, one that I’ve rooted for my entire life, is improbably, almost comically, finding utterly heartbreaking ways to lose football games. It’s actually like something you’d see in a cheesy sports movie, right before the team has their moment where they […]

The Chicago Bears lost a mind-boggling game to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. It was the sixth-straight loss for Chicago despite a recent rise in play from rookie quarterback Caleb Williams. One stat shows why Matt Eberflus’ hot seat is rising in temperature. Courtney Cronin of ESPN posted that mark after Thursday’s loss. “From ESPN […]

It looked as though the Chicago Bears were going to find a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, as they threatened to make the Detroit Lions pay for their inability to execute well late in the game. But in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Lions will be very thankful for Bears head […]

The Chicago Bears endured yet another painful defeat on Thanksgiving Day when they fell short and dropped a 23-20 decision to the Detroit Lions. "Next question. No comment." Kyler Gordon on if there's an underlying reason for these close losses. pic.twitter.com/NEvG7R2yI4 — Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) November 28, 2024 The Bears mounted a dramatic comeback […]

The Chicago Bears had the most difficult of assignments on Thanksgiving Day. They had to go into Detroit against the hottest and best team in the NFL having lost five games in a row. When the Bears fell behind 16-0 in the first half, it appeared that it was just a matter of how big […]

Many Chicago Bears fans reached their breaking point with head coach Matt Eberflus well before the befuddling and agonizing ending to Thursday’s showdown with the Detroit Lions, but now the city is officially voicing its disapproval. “Fire Flus,” Chicago’s Instagram account posted on Thanksgiving, via @downbadbears, following the Bears’ 23-20 loss. The third-year HC opted […]

There’s probably no clearer sign of team dysfunction than a head coach’s failure to call a timeout to give his team a chance to tie or win the game in the final seconds. Moreover, this blunder is so basic it’s a fireable offense, yet Matt Eberflus might keep his Chicago Bears job, as rookie quarterback […]

After the Chicago Bears’ crushing 24-21 loss to the Detroit Lions, questions surrounding head coach Matt Eberflus’ late-game decision-making continue to swirl. One of the most glaring moments came in the game’s final seconds when kicker Cairo Santos expected to be called upon for a potential game-tying 58-yard field goal attempt, only to watch from […]

After Thursday night’s blunder, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus is under intense scrutiny following a controversial handling of the final moments in the Bears’ loss to the Detroit Lions. With the game tied late in the fourth quarter, Eberflus’ clock management decisions left the team without a chance to attempt a potential game-winning field […]

The Chicago Bears earned numerous “WTF” reactions following their disastrous 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions. Matt Eberflus got ripped for his porous clock management by analysts and even former Bears players. Wide receiver DJ Moore, however, dropped an expletive in explaining the now infamous final seconds. How did the veteran WR react to the […]