Chicago Bears fire Matt Eberflus as head coach | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

[@LK-bz9sk]

Management not firing Eberfluis before his press conference was management pulling an Eberflus

[@O-D-X]

My thinking is they weren't going to fire him ... Then that press conference and the axe swings down.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

@@O-D-X do you suppose they thought Ebeflop was suddenly going to develop a sense of reality and accept responsibility for his own mistakes in the presser?

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

Eberflussed...a new term for being undone by another's incompetence.

[@dodu8281]

the bears are what we thought they were

[@yuhbtw]

@@DogSlobberGardens-i7fNo I think the owners still wanted him. It was their hire. They’re cheap. I think Poles and Kevin Warren finally convinced them with his last presser. No player in the future would take them serious with a leader that won’t admit fault

[@ToddEWalnuts]

I really really really hope the Jets hire Eberflus 😆

[@WhiteyThePooh]

Diabolical lol

[@AntonyC83]

That’s so evil. I love it 😂😂

[@theshogunblaze3656]

me too! 🐬🆙

[@cancunamericanatl7162]

You need Jeezus... 😳 🤭

[@irishspagetti6565]

is this an patriots fan

[@daveb8449]

He didn't take any accountability in his press conference. That didn't help either.

[@Jay-r6s1i]

I have been watching football my entire life (50 years). Some of the coaching that has occurred this year has been nothing sort of amateurish. Eberflus yesterday took the cake. Your team had the Lions reeling. The game was in the balance. You have one timeout remaining. This is professional football. Your team should be prepared for situations like this.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I feel like a person watching their first game at family Thanksgiving would have realized something wasn't right on that final play. Totally bonkers. I've never seen anything that disorganized in my 51 years. You're not wrong!

[@SmartDave60]

DEI

[@DesignRhythm]

Even more unbelievable is they actually had 2 timeouts on the 25 yard line. 🤦‍♂️

[@jevaughn6198]

@@SmartDave60what does DEI have to do with this?

[@SmartDave60]

@ Eberflus was unqualified.

[@oneilljryan]

One of the reasons they fired him, was BECAUSE of the press conference. I'm surprised you can't see that.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Yep. It's just funny that it took them that long. This clown should have been fired last year, before he had a chance to screw up a perfectly good draftee.

[@humanbeing2420]

There were two press conferences- the post-game conference yesterday and then another one this morning. Mike is talking about the second one.

[@oneilljryan]

@humanbeing2420 He was awful in both. He didn't take responsibility for anything.

[@kellyi.4353]

Why did the owner let Eberfluse have a press conference? Because they weren’t going to fire him but when they heard him say he was happy with his decision, THAT’S when they decided to fire him.

[@humanbeing2420]

Are you talking about this AM's performance?

[@DiFinni]

Man, that's an NFL head coach. I was on the couch yelling to call the timeout or run a play right away. They acted like they had so much time on the clock, unreal. I'd like that job.

[@dannyyang1202]

We all did!! What a idiots coach. Vikings fan here.😂

[@Hurricanes5]

That’s because your quarterback has no clue.

[@spongegarandpatar]

honestly a lot of jobs in the NFL are because of nepotism so im not surprised we see such incompetence lmfao

[@Benito722]

I only imagine how many fans of all ages were yelling the same thing at the same time.😡

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

They might as well hire you. You really couldn't screw it up any worse.

[@jamesb1988]

I love Florio solo! He doesn't need anybody wasting time nodding along, just great information/takes at a perfect pace. 👍

[@brettfavreify]

Bill Parcells or Belichick need to go around the league to deliver a coaching seminar on clock management. The lack of knowledge by "play callers" is staggering.

[@TahitianTreatt]

Bill belichick has been a bad coach since Brady last 2 years in New England, and showed to be even worse after Brady left.

[@brettfavreify]

@@TahitianTreatt Totally missed the point I was making.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

@@brettfavreify you're not wrong, but it doesn't require a HOF coach. Middle school coaches understand this stuff.

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

It's rigged and faked now.

[@chardeemacdennis3852]

I was sitting there as a lions fan wondering wtf was happening..

[@OconByrd519]

The ending to that game on Thanksgiving will go down as one of the biggest coaching blunders of all time.

[@RedHoodFH]

Thomas brown is speed running the coaching tree promotion path 😂

[@bruhswag7982]

If he keeps up the way he’s been calling the offense and is successful in the rest of the season he very well could hold onto the job and rightfully so

[@Southsideirishspartan69]

Hes not a good coach eithe r​@bruhswag7982

[@jzpat]

What’s nice is now for the rest of the season we get an in game interview process for Thomas brown. Bears can find it if they have a young Mike tomlin or what for the next 6 games. They don’t have to gamble on hiring him at the end of the season .

[@1011skarn]

Im not sure why he would be a HC candidate. He should be only be auditioning for an OC. He's interim bc of the absolute stupidity of all of this. It would be SO BEARS to make a passing game coordinator a Head Coach.

[@bruhswag7982]

@ if someone else comes in as HC then they would want their own OC and who knows if they would like Thomas brown or not. If his success continues he could keep the job

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*The Bears fired Matt Eberflus after the press conference because he didn't for once take the blame for the batched 32 seconds of the Lions game the whole nation was watching, if Eberflus had taking the blame, the Bears would have let him complete the season.* -NFL-SCOUT

[@TT-wx4tg]

exactly

[@Jay-r6s1i]

Ding! Completely tone-deaf. Reminded me of the presser Zach Wilson had when he took no responsibility for his poor performance.

[@hstclair103]

Eberflus made the right decision to hold the timeout. What you call that timeout with 32 seconds left and then have a play and try to get your offense off the field, and field goal unit on the field. You get everyone back to the line and snap with 10-15 seconds left they just took 9 seconds too long.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

@@hstclair103 *You don't know the game, nobody asked a novice for their opinion on a serious business.*

[@armondmeilleur7563]

No way. He was toast!

[@jackcollin2476]

The Bears last possession last night was a disaster that anyone even my grandma who doesn't know anything about football and she's also passed away, would know how to avoid that ending for the Bears. Probably the most pathetic ending and most disappointing ending to a game that I've ever seen and I'm not even a Bears fan

[@genemontoya4028]

I was 420 baked saying, " WTF did he do?"

[@joer1678]

People seem to miss the main point. The timeout isn’t the issue. The fact that a team with 32 seconds can’t get a ten yard play completed with ample time left to call a timeout for field goal shows how poorly coached this team is.

[@DesignRhythm]

Not to mention, they actually had 2 timeouts at 1st & 10 on their 25yrd line. 🤦‍♂️

[@rg975]

As a Lions fan, I’d like to personally thank Eberflus. The Bears were going to at least tie that game up

[@MrDuds1984]

The way they handled the Eberflus firing was not even the worst hiring/firing debacle they had. In 1999 they released a press statement saying they hired Dave McGinnis has HC before actually making him an offer, he backed out after it got out. It was a huge debacle.

[@mrlaw711]

Mike is intelligent unlike so many commentators.

[@hbbarn8607]

Agreed 👍

[@mitchelltravis1984]

What makes him intelligent unlike other commentators?

[@michaellombardi24]

He's not a commentator

[@Insanerst]

Definitely a divergent thinker

[@HidingFromFate]

@@michaellombardi24 Fine. A reporter who also offers his commentary.

[@adial001]

The Madden reference killed me, but he is absolutely right. Lol

[@ezatko]

This doesn't take into account the stupid decision to go for 2 points on their second TD... They were in position to tie the game... they should have been in position to win it. I feel bad for Bear fans.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Right? I feel like some teams are going for 2 too early in games or going for it on 4th down when they should just be getting 3 points. There's been a lot of points left on the field that kickers could have gotten. I feel better for Bears fans today. Caleb Williams is showing real promise so hopefully the next coach is not a Mark Trestman type of hire.

[@andreharris144]

@@johnchedsey1306if the beats screw this coaching hire then i’m done 😂😂

[@dschimp]

THANK YOU! No one is mentioning this… no idea why they went for 2 when their offense was completely stagnant (especially the run game)… boneheaded move to try for 2 when the PAT would’ve been basically guaranteed and put them in position to win at the end… 🤦‍♂️

[@Bild0zer]

Two weeks in a row. They did that against the Vikings too and lost in OT, instead of winning in regulation.

[@tunahelpa5433]

As I watched, I couldn't believe what I was seeing !

[@daveb8449]

Nance and Romo couldn't believe it either.

[@nopethatswrong79]

Players can call timeout to

[@nopethatswrong79]

The NFL is branded as an Entertainment company not a sport

[@GP-ur6if]

Maybe they fired him because he didn't admit that he made a mistake

[@Ejohns1004]

"It seems like we're gonna have 6, 7, or 8 vacancies." Every time any talking head talks about Ben Johnson "I don't understand why he doesn't just take a head coaching job. There's only 32 of them and they don't come around that often" Seems like they come around all the fucking time, because 22 out of the 32 teams are terminally dysfunctional.

[@johnsonjjohnson100]

I thouight the interview of Caleb was revealing He said he "checked out" of the play that was called for him to be able to get the quick yards needed for thre field goal THAT was the reason they spent so much waisted time at the line of scrimage The coach DIDN"T throw the QB under the bus for this blunder

[@SmittyAZ]

That's when HCs use their last timeout, right? Caleb IS a rookie.

[@toofast75]

He checked out of the play because he realized there wasn't enough time to run the original play, that at that point, he needed to go for the end zone. HC should have either called a TO after the sack or at min, called it at 20 seconds when there was confusion

[@drewmorrison]

@@toofast75yeah exactly and I heard the original play call was a QB draw which came in late. QB draws can run a lot of time off the clock.

[@DesignRhythm]

Should have called TO immediately after the sack to get the best play called & everyone on the same page. Santos isn't making a 59yrd FG, so 3rd down is the critical to execute properly.

[@bryanrasmussen6840]

​@@SmittyAZhe can read a clock. Stupid excuse!

[@savvy525]

The Bears are a 20th century organization in the 21st century. It’s really sad that so many Bear fans still know the Super Bowl Shuffle lyrics by heart.

[@hungrybraineater2]

That's a little kind. The Bears are an organization with a 19th century mindset stuck in the 21st century and that is where the city is. Im sick of this city and its stupid meat and potato mentality.

[@jacknguyen5677]

McCaskey needs to sell the team to younger generation.

[@sixtieskid062]

@@jacknguyen5677 AMEN! I've said this for decades. People think I'm overreacting.

[@sixtieskid062]

@@hungrybraineater2 THIS.

[@LionsTigersPistonsWings]

Agree with Florio, they even screwed up the dismissal. It should have been a PR release at 8AM ET with an interim plan and a Kevin Warren presser at Noon ET. Get ahead of all the east Coast media and have your soundbites wrapped up by the start of the Amazon game at 3ET. East stuff.

[@DesignRhythm]

Warren & Poles suck too. They're all suits who care more about a new stadium than a Lombardi.

[@UnicowBoySlots]

Much like Eberflus, the owners held on to their time out and let it play out.

[@283Moondancer]

Why shouldn't he have to do the press conference? Has it occurred to anyone that the organisation wanted to see what he would say before they made their final decision about him? C'mon now. He said the play before the Hail Mary in Washington had nothing to do with that loss, when it was exactly that play that made the Hail Mary possible (notwithstanding the defensive player messing around while the play was going on). And today, once again, he took no personal responsibility or blame and shaded his comments to point blame at his players. Maybe if he'd said, "Hey, that was my fault. I screwed up.", he would still have his job.

[@billbond2045]

Maybe what he said in presser was what tiped the scale

[@O-D-X]

That is my thinking, they were considering it, but were going to keep him til the end of the season and he went in the press conference laid almost as big as egg as he did with his decisions yesterday.

[@BasedSherpa]

8:28 Mike describing me during the covid lockdowns lol

[@antmc84]

Is THIS GUY a Wrestling Fan🤣😂.. All of that is usually what I hear n a WRESTLING PROMO

[@Alexander-lc7dx]

lol remember when the entire media, “The Chicago Bears are the BEST team for a rookie QB to step into.” lol it’s clear Minnesota, LA, Denver were all better situations.

[@one_hoop]

The owners called timeout a few seconds before his press conference, but Eberflus refused to recognize it!

[@tonya4029]

It just goes to show you how unprofessional the Bears organization has become.

[@letsgobrandon6281]

You don't call a timeout. You have the ball snapped sooner.thats on Caleb He had 23 seconds to a hike He ran it to 6. You need that timeout so you can maybe have a reception in the field of play. Then timeout And kick. Caleb blew it

[@lizzyzelms]

The personnel weren't at the line of scrimmage . By the time they were the called play wasn't feasible to run anything and then take a timeout: it was all or nothing: bravo to him for being aware , checking out and taking a chance at the end zone.

[@DesignRhythm]

Disagree. That 3rd down is critically important to gain yards because Santos cannot make a 59yrd FG. Call TO at 32 seconds and u have plenty of time.

[@matthewm7487]

Eberflus hire never made sense.

[@arodri313]

I so hope they hire the interim as the full time HC. That never goes bad. One Pride!

[@gubnillec]

I honestly believe while Flus was talking Warren was figuratively hammering his fists on the desk telling George " FIRE HIM!!!"

[@StewMain6]

The Bears management forgot to call a timeout before Eberflus’s media presser No, the Bears thought there was enough time, so they saved the timeout but the clock ran out and Eberflus ran the presser

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Get a better camera, Mike. Your cam was focused on the background the entire video; and even at that, it's not very sharp. Very distracting!

[@burprobrox9134]

Happy Thanksgiving Mike

[@GARRY3754]

Can we fire politicians?

[@jacknguyen5677]

We did!

[@DesignRhythm]

Term limits for congress..

[@sharonreel8678]

Once again you are using logic, Florio. We’ll have none of that where the Bears are concerned.

[@RussingtonS4678]

This 2 minute drill ranks alongside Jim Mcmahon's dancing the "super bowl shuffle" as two of the Bears darkest moments.

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

Is that why no one is dragging owners through the dirt. I'll never understand any of this. Nice?

[@TT-wx4tg]

Fire Kevin Warren otherwise it is pointless moving forward.

[@HidingFromFate]

I wanted Warren gone ever since he set up a press conference starting with a priest saying a prayer for a new stadium.

[@DesignRhythm]

Yes, he's a soulless suit.

[@Freddom55Life]

You are the Best !!! Exactly what needed to be said

[@IMAC1776]

The Bears might relocate to the suburbs but the Bears will never leave Chicagoland.

[@Philc231]

Who is going to want to coach this team ? The bears just destroyed their integrity by doing something they’ve never done . Flus was bad , but not that bad .

[@eyoelberhane_blackmoth]

I don't even blame Eberflus for the blocked FG (because even the Broncos were sidelined at the end by the Chiefs) but yeah he had to go, he was holding the team back in a frustrating way.

[@foolmenow00]

They may have given him courtesy to address media as he has done for 3 years at 10 am. They then may have given him alternatives to change his coaching style - excuses, denials of accountability or even only allowing OC to make offensive decisions yet he may have refused, then they fired him. King Poles will likely address this issue when asked by media.

[@rlong160]

I'm at a loss. He actually went +10m without bashing the Vikings - shocker.

[@tag_76]

I'm just amazed a "generational" QB coming out of college didn't have the brain capacity or situational awareness to call a timeout. Yeah maybe Eberflus should have but seriously, Caleb should have too.

[@Card_Crazed]

The Bears need to get rid of Ted Thompson and the other guy who have been there for 30+ years. They are consultants.

[@armondmeilleur7563]

Ted Thompson has been dead since 2021 🤪

[@mothealien]

@@armondmeilleur7563 LMAO

[@EvanHopsTrails]

I find it funny that some football analysts thought this team was going to the playoffs or Super Bowl lol

[@cbe5739]

Good stuff, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.🦃

[@murkrow2316]

Asking what would Patrick Mahomes look like in Chicago? Or Aaron Rodgers…

[@spencergwin9454]

That was dirty, no matter what the opinion of Eberflus

[@rccomics]

As Jerry Glanville said, NFL stands for Not For Long

[@alangagnon5203]

It will be really interesting to see if Poles is fired at the end of the season and they let Kevin Warren start fresh with new GM and coach. He’s probably the most competent person to be in Bears leadership for years and the McCaskey’s should give him free reign.

[@rasserfrasser]

The Bears only regret is probably, "Mike, why couldn't you have pulled this clock b.s. last year? We know a great barber."

[@vansmack4972]

As a Packer fan I was hoping Chicago would give Eberfluss a multi year contract extension.

[@robe2504]

Vikes fans were hoping for the same thing. And a Bears win yesterday.

[@JefroBodine]

Nice commentary. Well done👍

[@RHINOTEJAS]

The media acting like they have never seen a head coach get fired. What a circus. 🤡 Everyone is a head coach now. 😂

[@goldenarms36]

my theory was that George McCaskey wanted to keep Eberflus meanwhile Kevin Warren & Ryan Poles were ready to fire him on the spot. George nixed it and wanted him to meet the media to show some accountability. He didn't, which gave every reason for Poles and Warren to fire him.

[@wingedbuffalo4670]

Yes, Eberflus deserved to be fired as some point ... BUT dumbass QB Caleb Wiliams absolutely deserves to be held accountable as well. A high school QB has better presence of mind and situational awareness that this clueless USC #1 draft pick. No sense of urgency whatsoever as the game clock evaporates.

[@Adambomb942]

To be fair that ending is 100% on Caleb choking. Under no circumstances would Chicago gain 10 yards and the lions let the player get out of bounds. They needed to go for that short yard gain play ASAP then call the timeout to get the kicking team on the field.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Nonsense. It's about 20% on Caleb. The entire offense was laughably unprepared for a very standard, routine end of game scenario, and that's on the coaches.

[@lordrayden3045]

@@DogSlobberGardens-i7f No, he shouldn’t have been sacked to start with Or ya know…… call the time out Football Jesus isn’t good

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

For real real. Why he didn't try to help the team!

[@scottellsworth2525]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@somerandomguy5977]

Hail mary is on the players. There was literally a guy celebrating during the play and no one stayed behind. As much as he has messed up almost nobody blamed the coach and why should they, when several players are out of position it makes it the players faults, no matter how many did their job at least 2 absolutely screwed up.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Leaders are supposed to accept responsibility for their own team's actions. That's the most important part of the HC job: Make sure these people are disciplined and prepared.

[@billbellell9462]

I watched in shock as the Bears just let the clock run out when they had a timeout and in makable field goal range, to tie up the game and go to overtime, with 21 seconds to go. I was like 'that's a Homer Simpson'. Chicago definitely should have fired their coach. The problem is this coach now has probably marred William's career. Imagine being a rookie and you lose your head coach after 12 weeks. Unfortunately, Chicago is dysfunctional. Gotta feel bad for their fans.

[@hockeyfan1799]

No Bears fan wants the team to leave lmao

[@Sharkmane25]

I really hope Thomas Brown gets 2-3 wins just to get Caleb hyped for next season

[@yarsivad000.5]

The Bears screwed up on Coach firing…. Fumbled the Firing. Dá Bears!

[@russellstoner1543]

This was more Caleb Williams than Eberflus. William’s could get the team line up & then changed the play call at the line. He lost complete lack of time

[@MannyJones-v1x]

He absolutely deserved to be fired this is the worse situational football I've ever seen

[@tyriswebb2117]

I can’t believe they waited this long to fire him.

[@greggy9786]

A franchise that should in the playoffs every year. Sad.

[@klardfarkus3891]

Maybe Bears management doesn’t come in till ten on mondays?

[@reetosevensix5342]

We all saw Eberflus learn the hard lesson of clock management, bet he'll never lose track of the clock again. Eberflus got better in a way after this.🌞

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Eberflop has a distinct pattern of absolutely refusing to even consider that he might have screwed up, no matter how painfully obvious it is. He's this year's Brandon Staley or Zach Wilson. Completely shits the bed and then has the nerve to stand there and say he did nothing wrong. Twice, regarding this particular debacle.

[@richj011]

They had a chance to hire Harbaugh and coach Williams who's won at both levels and they chose not to. Tells you everything you need to know about that organization.

[@texmcboog]

Right around now, Keenan is thinking that a pay cut to stay with the Chargers would have been a good idea. He would have had another great season with Herbert and made more in FA than he will this year.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*Thomas Brown is not the most experience coach on the Bears staff, just because he's working with Caleb Williams doesn't make him a HC either, the Bears should have just let him concentrate being the OC for the rest of the year and see how does doing that, being a HC could kick in the Peter Principle.* -NFL-SCOUT

[@frankcross6958]

the clock management was the nail in the coffin

[@xrppornstar9483]

The way Mike pronounces his Ls. Like Pull or Pole Or Role. He is just so much on my nerves. He sounds like he just fell off the turnip truck.

[@nathanstrange6191]

I wonder if they were waiting to see what he said in the press conference. Do you think they were waiting to see if he could admit he was wrong?

[@JOHNNYCHICAGO8]

Let's go Chicago BEARS 💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💯

[@Jaso839]

It's what he said during the press conference that got him fired.

[@Bild0zer]

The FG would have been for the win if Flus didn’t go for 2 and make a 2 score game into a 3 score game. (Two weeks in a row)

[@brandonyankowski4319]

Wow i worked all day and didnt know they let him have his press conference today before they fired him

[@davidcook9852]

2 things are true about that game. first, it is the bears organization that is at fault, because eberflus should have never been the coach this year. i'm not blaming eberflus for being a bad coach now, when he was a bad coach the entire time he was with the bears. Second, it is inexcusable that williams, ROOKIE OR NOT, took 25 out of the last 31 seconds to hike the F'ing ball.

[@shipwreck8847]

This should have been done last year I have NO CLUE why they even brought him back this season

[@TT-wx4tg]

Head coach, GM, ownership, why the Bears think they need a CEO as a go between just shows how weak they are.

[@Jay-r6s1i]

The CEO was actually hired to address the Bears stadium situation. The decision-making should not be his responsibility; it should be the owner and the GM. Unfortunately for Chicago, the Bears are the Bears. Notice I said they are not Da Bears.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

This is what happens when utterly clueless people are just handed a billion-dollar business simply because someone else croaked. See also: Las Vegas Raiders.

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

It's one thing to have your judgement questioned, but it's quite another to appear to be totally incompetent on national TV. The Bears deserve better.

[@JJGuccione]

Khmer Rouge slogan “We gain nothing by keeping you and lose nothing by killing you.”

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

That should be life goals motto! Why I'm just learning this now. Thanks!

[@jackflash5659]

I hope Bears management gave Eberflus a parting gift. A clock.

[@calm1047]

When the Bears' field goal was blocked against Green Bay, they didn't use their third down to pick up more yards?

[@arandumassol1144]

Funny thing is if the refs had not called the phantom interference he would have been praised for how the Bears fought back and almost won instead he screwed it up and got fired.

[@ThePsho]

Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever let the clock run out at the end of a game you're losing while holding onto a timeout. Ever.

[@iceice021]

It was an uninspiring hire when they got him in 2022. About time he’s gone.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

You owe Hub Arkush an apology, Eberflus

[@alittlewasted3869]

Maybe they wanted to let Flus defend his decisions. 😂

[@scoop1127]

BTW Mike, during the Super Bowl era, the Bears have had a plethora of mediocre HC's who deserved to be fired midseason.

[@DANGERProductions2020]

Who cares that they let him have a press conference??? They fired him, which is what needed to happen. You guys complain about everything.