Bears’ Matt Eberflus ‘confident’ he’ll be coaching against 49ers in Week 14 Nov 29, 2024
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus rapidly after speaking with newshounds on Friday morning, and offensive coordinator Thomas Brown as been named period in-between coach by the membership.
Matt Eberflus stays in label of the 2024 Chicago Bears.
Within the aftermath of bungling the ending of Thanksgiving’s 23-20 loss to the Lions, Eberflus suggested newshounds on Friday that or now not it’s alternate as regular, and he’s making ready for Week 14’s sport in opposition to San Francisco.
“I’m upright going to be engaged on ending up this sport, doing a honest job of evaluating that, our after-circulation file admire we continuously create,” he acknowledged. “After which I will be working into San Francisco. Over again, these are conversations we will absorb, and again I’m confident I will be engaged on to San Francisco and making ready for that sport.”
The embattled coach renowned that he met with group president Kevin Warren and fundamental manager Ryan Poles after Thursday’s loss — as he does following every sport — and might perchance well absorb to mild again later on Friday.
The Bears received off to a tiresome originate Sunday, nonetheless an quit-of-half of compelled fumble turned the tide. Caleb Williams threw three 2nd-half of touchdowns, getting Chicago correct into a position to tie or salvage the sport in law.
Then, catastrophe.
Williams took a sack with 32 seconds left. Eberflus eschewed a likelihood to call an instant timeout, hoping to web a play off after which utilize his final clock-stoppage. On the other hand, the rookie quarterback drained too powerful of the clock sooner than snapping the ball with six seconds ultimate. A deep shot to Rome Oduze used to be off the label, and the Bears left Detroit with a timeout in their pocket and one other L.
“Our hope used to be at 15 to 10 seconds, once that sack took place, that we might web the play off and have the skill to exercise that timeout there,” Eberflus acknowledged. “While you web past a clear point, utilizing a timeout, the instant field draw in point of fact takes a clear duration of time. And even as you’re past a clear point, our hope used to be that the ball would be snapped at 15 to 10, after which we would call the timeout upright there.”
It did now not happen. With a rookie QB, it used to be on Eberflus to rob mutter of the sector. He failed, making his already calescent seat in Chicago scorching.
“I watched the whole final force with (offensive coordinator) Thomas (Brown) this morning,” Eberflus acknowledged. “Talked to him about the whole tiny print about the calls in relation to where we had been, and I believed the operation used to be honest. Factual the penalties I believed effect us within the support of the sticks a couple occasions there. We had been in scoring position and in point of fact might perchance well’ve owned the sport from there. But again, within the raze all these choices are my choices. I rob fat accountability for them. We did now not web it performed and or now not it’s unfortunate for the players, for the fans, and again we’re gonna web support to work. Now we absorb received San Francisco increasing. [I’ll] label the tape these days again, after which web on to San Francisco.”
A sixth consecutive loss dropped the Bears to 4-8. It marks the fourth straight season Chicago has started with four or fewer wins through 12 weeks. Eberflus has been the head coach for three seasons.
