Windy City Gridiron
The incoherent ramblings of a belligerent Bears fan.
To quote Bill Murray, no, not the Bears’ Bill Murray, the Bill Murray, “Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again.”
Here we are, making it through another week with a Chicago Bears’ L on our shoulders. And yet again, it’s another loss that was avoidable with better coaching, and to rub salt in the wounds, it was to the Green Bay Packers.
Here we are, another game, another loss, and more poor coaching decisions.
How much more do Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles need to see?
Matt Eberflus is 5-17 in one-score games. That is simply unacceptable. It’s nice to blow out the Carolina Panthers, but coaching matters in close games and Eberflus continues to prove week in and week out that he isn’t the guy.
I know, I know, the Chicago Bears have never fired a coach during a season.
And my response to this is: so what?
Just because you made the mistake of not firing Marc Trestman in season, or John Fox in season, why is that something to hang your hat on not to fire Matt Eberflus in season?
The time to do this is now. There is no saving this season, there is no hope for the playoffs. I’m sure the Bears would wait for a couple more losses. Some have said it makes sense to fire Eberflus if they lose two more in a row after the Thanksgiving game against the Lions. Feels like a Groundhog Day story yet again with Nagy supposedly being fired around Thanksgiving, but of course, that didn’t happen.
Do we need to even talk about Matt Eberflus’ decision not to try to advance the ball for the game-winning field goal? This is where it’s gotten with how bad Eberflus’ in-game decisions are. After the Washington game, the Commanders' coaches and players couldn’t believe that Eberflus decided to give them the 13 free yards before the Hail Mary. They were legitimately stunned. Fast forward to this week, multiple Packers players told the press they were surprised that the Bears settled for that yardage and didn’t try to advance the ball further with 35 seconds remaining and one timeout.
That’s where we are: opponents can’t comprehend the decisions that Matt Eberflus makes.
And here are two things that really ticked me off this week.
First of all, before the game, we started getting this from the media: “The Bears were disappointed that Caleb Williams wasn’t as ready as they had hoped.”
Oh, don’t go there Halas Hall. Do. Not. Go. There. Don’t you dare try to shift the blame onto Caleb Williams. Don’t you f&@kin’ dare. The quarterback that broke out against the Colts, was efficient against the Rams, was elite against the Jaguars and Panthers, was clutch against the Commanders, and put them in a position to win against the Packers? Don’t you dare try to shift the blame on him. That was straight repulsive that people at Halas Hall did that before the...
