Chicago Bears listen to Stephen A Smith advice as Matt Eberflus fired

The Chicago Bears suffered a 23-20 decision astatine the hands of the winless Detroit Lions and caput manager Matt Eberflus has mislaid his occupation arsenic a effect of the Thanksgiving loss

Stephen A Smith's informing to the Chicago Bears was heard large and wide - arsenic the NFL squad fired caput manager Matt Eberflus pursuing a catastrophic decision to their Thanksgiving game.

The Bears suffered a 23-20 decision astatine the hands of the Detroit Lions, contempt an awesome comeback from a 16-0 shortage astatine half-time. Chicago yet made their people connected the scoreboard successful the 3rd quarter, but it was their 4th fourth resurgence that astir stole the show.

But each eyes were connected Eberflus, whose determination not to telephone a timeout could person been a game-changer. With conscionable 36 seconds near and the Bears a fewer yards extracurricular of tract extremity scope connected 3rd down, Eberflus chose not to telephone a timeout, allowing backmost Caleb Williams to play different round.

Unfortunately, Williams took excessively agelong to execute the play and his heavy walk was incomplete. The extended play didn't make successful time, squandering the Bears' accidental to salvage the game. They could person gained a fewer yards to springiness their kicker a accidental to level the score. The Bears were near ruing their mediocre crippled management.

Eberflus' inaction prompted Smith to lambast the Chicago manager connected X, questioning his future. "You get disconnected conscionable 1 play successful the last 26 seconds," helium wrote. "Is determination immoderate much impervious needed for the Chicago Bears and their fans everyplace that a caller manager is needed? That it's clip for a change?"

Chicago's chiefs responded to that nonaccomplishment and Smith's proposal by firing Eberflus connected Friday. CBS pundit Matt Ryan besides expressed his astonishment astatine Eberflus' strategy connected the network's post-game analysis. He slammed: "This is unacceptable from the caput manager position. Your work is to not panic successful captious situations. To enactment your squad successful the champion accidental to triumph games. That's a massive, monolithic neglect by Matt Eberflus."

Curiosity astir Eberflus' tactics adjacent reached Williams, who conceded that aboriginal successful his career, helium might've taken matters into his ain hands. The backmost shared: "In that situation, I'm surviving with the telephone and letting coaches marque that decision. Maybe successful the aboriginal years of my vocation (he whitethorn telephone a timeout himself), close present I get the telephone and I'm trying to pb my squad to a win."

The nonaccomplishment drove the Bears down to a dire 4-8 play record, with their past triumph being an October triumph implicit the Jacksonville Jaguars successful London. Post-London, the squad has faced thing but setbacks, trailing good down part competitors.

It's unclear who volition regenerate Eberflus successful Chicago. What lies up is nary cakewalk - the Bears look a gauntlet against the NFL heavyweights, including the Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and Green Bay Packers.