“Bears should fire Matt Eberflus” chants engulf social media after 23-20 loss to Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day

Matt Eberflus' horrible clock management is getting on every Bears fans nerves and after losing to the Lions they want a coaching change ASAP.

“Bears should fire Matt Eberflus” chants engulf social media after 23-20 loss to Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day

Matt Eberflus (Image via ESPN)

With barely over 30 seconds left and one timeout in hand, Matt Eberflus chose to play hero ball. Instead of taking advantage of the clock, the Bears burned a few crucial seconds and made a complete mess of the final play.

Quarterback Caleb Williams made the Thanksgiving fixture between the Bears and the Detroit Lions interesting after he threw three touchdowns and also set the rookie record for not throwing an interception for most consecutive passes. However, he ran around like a headless chicken at the line of scrimmage to get the team lineup quickly.

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By the time the Bears quarterback took the snap, they had already lost close to twenty seconds. Williams threw a deep ball, but it missed rookie receiver Rome Odunze, and the game ended. The Bears lost 23-20 to the Lions, who ended their Thanksgiving curse of losing seven consecutive defeats.

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The Lions began the game better of the two teams. Quarterback Jared Goff went 21-for-34 for 221 yards and two touchdowns. Running back duo David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs added a combined 175 yards.

Bears should fire Matt Eberflus chants engulf social media after 23-20 loss to Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day
Caleb Williams and Matt Eberflus (Image via IMAGO)

The Bears erased the Lions’ lead in the second half. Williams threw 256 yards and fed veteran wide receiver Keenan Allen two touchdown passes. The Bears were close to taking the lead and could have if Matt Eberflus didn’t hesitate too much. Social media ensured to remind him that.

During the final play of the night, Eberflus did not use his final timeout to ease the pressure off Williams. The first-year starter tried his best to rally the team, but that ate away precious time. Additionally, he missed the crucial final pass to Odunze.

Eberflus explained his decision to not take the timeout near the end during the post-game presser.

We are at 36 seconds right there. Our hope was, cause it was third going into fourth, that we would re-rack that play at 18 seconds. Throw it in bounds, get it into field goal range, and get a timeout. That was our decision-making process. We were outside of field goal range, so we needed to get a few more yards in there, as close as we can get and then call a timeout. And that’s why we held that last timeout at the end of the game.

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The Bears are now 4-8, bottom of the NFC North, with a six-game losing streak. Their remaining five games are all against NFC teams, including a rematch against the Lions, Vikings, and Packers. They will also play the 49ers and the Seahawks.

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