EBERFLUS!
Posted on 11/29/2024 1:09:19 PM PST by ducttape45
Matt Eberflus offered the public remarks often made by head coaches on the hot seat in the wake of the Bears’ most recent loss. The franchise is nevertheless making an unprecedented in-season change on the sidelines.
Eberflus has been fired. His tenure in Chicago comes to an end after two-plus years at the helm of the team. He compiled a 14-32 record along the way, and the latest contribution to the team’s current six-game losing streak has marked the end of his first NFL head coaching gig. Recently-promoted offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will serve as interim head coach.
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Now that he’s fired, that last time out he still has will come in handy.
His firing comes as no surprise to those who saw the last 32 seconds of yesterday’s game.
He should have been fired before he ever made it off the field to the locker room for the post-game press conference.
If you saw the end of the game yesterday, you would have seen the reason he was fired.
The Bears lost by 3 points, late in the game Chicago got the ball back and managed to get into FG range with around 30 seconds to go in the game, dropping back to pass the Bears QB was sacked taking the team out of FG range, instead of taking their final time out and discuss the situation, the Bears elected to allow the clock to run and didn’t snap the ball until about 6 seconds left in the game, the pass was incomplete and the game was over, Chicago lost the game with a TO left to call.
It was an incredible display of poor clock management, after game in his post-game press conference, Eberflus had no real explanation on why he didn’t call his final TO.
That game was lost on the field, not from the sideline.
Burning your last timeout with 30+ seconds on the clock when you’re down by 3 would have been one of the worst game management decisions an NFL coach could ever make.
Leaving the timeout on the board wasn’t the problem. Taking 25 seconds to run a third-down play from the opponent’s 40 yard line with 30+ seconds on the clock was retarded.
Completely disagree - and this is coming from a Lions fan.
After the sack, the Bears offense needed time to regroup. The common-sense coaching choices would be to:
And there was no need to go over THREE plays when it’s 3rd down.
#3 would have given few options to get you more than 7-10 yards. If you save the timeout you can run pass patterns all over the field on your 3rd down play.
EBERFLUS!
instead of taking their final time out and discuss the situation, the Bears elected to allow the clock to run and didn’t snap the ball until about 6 seconds left in the game, the pass was incomplete and the game was over, Chicago lost the game with a TO left
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There are two schools of thought regarding situations like this. I am of the 2nd opinion. There was nothing to discuss. These types of situations are discussed and practiced for all the time in your team practices. THey’re SOP.
The QB should have ran a quick play to get the ball in better FG position and then the timeout is called for the FG. If you use your TO after the sack and you don’t get the ball out of bounds on your next play, you’re basically screwed.
You’ve got to rush your team of the field and then rush your FG team on and get set up and attempt the FG in probably less than 15 seconds.The rookie QB is largely to blame. But ultiimately the buck stops with the coach. JMHO
The first thing I thought after the game was that was something he could get fired over. This was some of the worst clock management I have ever seen.
You can run 3 plays to the sidelines with 30 seconds. The time out is insurance you at least get a field goal try.
QB should have. been sent in with 3 plays ready to go.
True. The bigger issue here for the NFL is that these teams are starting rookie QBs long before they’re ready for the NFL.
If you save the timeout for the field goal attempt, you have much more control over the clock and can run it down as close to 0:00 as possible.
One possibility that I thought about in yesterday’s fiasco was that the Bears had already called their third-down play in the huddle for the second-down play, but the sack on 2nd down put them in a 3rd-and-26 situation that made their called play unworkable.
A time out after the sack would have given the Bears time to run two plays, then clock the ball for the kick.
30 other NFL teams would manage that clock correctly. Not sure if the NY Giants would!
After the sack it was 3rd and 26. It was beyond unlikely that the Bears would have been in a situation where they would run TWO plays before attempting a field goal.
Chicago is a dysfunctional place.
Chicago is rampant with political corruption and crime in this century’s Twenties just as they were in the last century.
That dysfunction is reflective in their sports teams as well.
The 1984 Bears was a one and done dynasty.
The 2016 Cubs was a once in a lifetime event if you live to be a centenarian.
Same deal with whatever year the Ozzie Guillen White Sox won the World Series.
I guess da’ Bulls was just an outlier although the 21st century has not been good to them.
Ironically the Bears have the best team they have had in a long time.
They were the better team yesterday against the team with the NFL’s best record.
But coaching matters.
As does ownership and management.
He was in his third year.
As a first time HC, he probably has a four year contract.
He had a solid record around the NFL as a Defensive Coordinator.
Bottom Line...
There are too many NFL teams - 32.
There are not 32 starting QBs.
And, there are not 32 qualified Head Coaches.
I still watch the NFL.
Defensive play gets more precise and disciplined every year.
Offensive play gets more inconsistent every year.
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