Caleb Williams' historical run is more proof the Bears should fire Matt Eberflus

In Week 12, the Chicago Bears took their home field against another division rival, for a second-straight week, and in eerily similar fashion, the game ended in heartbreak.

This time, the Bears took on the Minnesota Vikings and faced an 11-point deficit with just under two minutes to go in the fourth quarter. What rookie quarterback Caleb Williams did next was nothing short of extraordinary for the first-year pro.

Williams would lead the Bears on a touchdown-scoring drive and Cairo Santos followed that up with a successful onside kick. On the ensuing drive, with only 21 seconds left in the game, Williams completed a 27-yard dart to D.J. Moore in order to set up Santos for the game-tying field goal, sending this one into overtime.

For fans who watched the game or are aware of the final score in this one, the Bears would end up losing in overtime, even though they did, indeed, win the coin toss in the extra period. It was another disappointing result after watching a rookie quarterback play at a high level.

In his second game under new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, Williams looked brilliant, for the most part. He's been on an impressive streak as of late; so impressive, that he's done something that hasn't been done in nearly 100 years.

Oh, and for good measure, Williams also broke the franchise rookie record for passing yards with six games left to play.

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To be exact, Williams has gone 193 pass attempts without throwing an interception. And, to put that into perspective, the rookie record is held by Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray who went 211 attempts without throwing a pick back in 2019.

Looking at these five games in which Williams has not thrown an interception, one of course notices that these have all resulted in losses.

Caleb Williams' current trajectory pairs hilariously with how bad Matt Eberflus has been

By now, fans have seen countless stats and facts as to just how bad the Bears have been under Matt Eberflus, and this is just one more added to the fold. If you were to tell me before the season that Williams would enjoy a 5-game stretch without throwing a single interception, I probably would have guessed the Bears to go at least 3-2 in that five-game sample size.

The fact that they have gone 0-5, though, is a direct indictment on Eberflus. How do the Bears keep losing games? We're past the point of blaming it on offensive line injuries and former offensive coordiantor Shane Waldron.

Williams is improving and showing some great things out there. But, when it comes to in-game decisions and situational football, the Bears continue to squander opportunities.

For example, late in the game, the Bears had the Vikings offense in situations of 3rd-and-13, 3rd-and-12, 3rd-and-10 and 1st-and-20.

Chicago's defense allowed the Vikings to convert on all of them. You could make the argument that, if the Bears stopped Minnesota on just one of those, they'd have had yet another opportunity to win the football game.

Throw in the fact that Eberflus is now 5-18 in one-score games as the Bears head coach (and he's the only current head coach with a sub-.400 record in such games) and you have more reason than ever before to fire this guy.

We know the Bears don't fire head coaches mid-season, but at this point, what on earth is stopping this front office from making a much-needed decision?

At the very least, fans should be able to rest assured that Eberflus is not going to finish out his contract and will be gone by season's end, regardless.