If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Matt Eberflus this season, it’s that he has zero concept of how to handle situations on the field. He spends timeouts when unnecessary and holds onto them when they are necessary. Yet perhaps his greatest Achilles heel is the challenge flag. Following Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings, he is now 2-8 when throwing the red flag. His latest attempt might’ve been the worst. It came after a 69-yard completion to open the second half from Sam Darnold to Jordan Addison. Eberflus challenged that the catch was made inbounds.
Many were baffled by the decision, considering the evidence was pretty conclusive that Addison got both feet down. The Bears head coach was asked about it on Monday. His explanation was nowhere close to what anybody expected to come out of his mouth.
Matt Eberflus removed any doubt of his competence with this.
That’s it? His entire reasoning for throwing a challenge flag and wasting a precious timeout was because the play was explosive. Never mind the amount of evidence of whether it was a completion. Matt Eberflus threw the flag out of pure desperation, praying that maybe it wasn’t completed. That kind of ignorant waste is unfathomable for an NFL head coach. It is yet another reminder the man has no understanding of resource management or situational awareness. Multiple times this season, he has wasted challenges and timeouts on plays that were never really in question. When people talk about a coach actively sabotaging his own team, they present moments like this as evidence. Unbelievable.
There was already plenty of evidence to prove Eberflus wasn’t equipped to handle this job. The fact he didn’t realize how dumb he sounded when answering that question tells you everything you need to know. If he were coaching for any other franchise right now, he’d have been fired already.
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I agree with the critics, it’s time for Eberflus to go. It’s often overlooked how he kept the team together when there wasn’t much talent and how they kept fighting right to the end. But now that they have more talent, he’s showing weaknesses in his decision making and even with the excellent play calling by Thomas Brown he’s still hasn’t learned how to finish games.
Eberflus = eyes wide shut. Get it over with and fire him already. He’s embarrassing the franchise and himself. I was hoping he’d work out but it’s way beyond evident he’s a lost cause. Show him the door and send him packing. Please make this happen on Friday regardless if the Bears win on Thursday. Just do it.
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Not being able to use the sideline cams because every team doesn’t have them is BS. If it’s available then use it. There’s also no excuse for Soldier Field having anything that any other stadium still doesn’t have. It’s a small and dated stadium. What’s even the point of having sideline cameras if the refs can’t use them? The NFL could be so much better with technology. They could easily put a chip in the ball to ensure exact ball placement after every play, and not have to make educated guesses on first downs and TDs. The NFL is a… Read more »
What we all saw Sunday was sufficient evidence to convince any prospective NFL GM, HC, OC etc., that Caleb Sequan Williams, “LLC” will elevate any reasonably well coached and well constructed roster to the level of a perennial Super Bowl contender.
Unfortunately, Caleb has outgrown every other individual currently employed in a management capacity at Halas Hall.
A GM-down housecleaning is the order of the day.
Is Team President and CEO, Kevin Warren up to the task?
Williams’ “talent, proficiency, heart and value” will simplify the process greatly.