D.J. Moore says the quiet part out loud about Bears firing Matt Eberflus

Following the Chicago Bears' debacle last Thursday against the Detroit Lions, this fan base knew exactly what had to happen.

However, many of us doubted that it would come to pass. After all, the Bears had never fired a head coach during the regular season. The McCaskeys weren't going to break tradition, were they?

In shocking (but not-so-shocking) fashion, general manager Ryan Poles was given the green light to fire head coach Matt Eberflus the following morning. Hilariously enough, Eberflus was fired just after meeting the media, but that's another story entirely.

Now a few days past the news, we're starting to hear more and more about what transpired along with player reactions. Monday morning, Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore joined the "Mully & Haugh Show" on 670 The Score to talk more about the Eberflus firing.

Among a few different topics related to the Thanksgiving Day game and Eberflus' firing, Moore was asked, at one point, what he felt the team should have done with those final 30 seconds or so.

"I feel we could have just took the time out and regrouped ... I feel like the coaches got to call timeout and regroup us," Moore admitted.

Well, that's one of the obvious sentiments this entire fan base (among the entire football world, for that matter) was thinking. Beyond the end of the game, Moore also spoke about the firing, itself.

D.J. Moore knew the Bears were going to fire Matt Eberflus before it happened

Moore noted that the team was relatively quiet on the bus ride when it came to the topic of Eberflus' job security, mostly because the Bears had never fired a coach within the season. While he figured they'd just ride out the year with Eberflus, Moore also acknowledged he had a feeling there was something brewing.

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"Did you think there was going to be a change of coach?" Moore was asked.

"You just kind of figured that that was going to happen," the wide receiver said.

Moore also said what happened at the end of the Lions game was the "last straw," with the coaching staff failing to call a timeout while utterly mismanaging those final seconds. In his mind, the Bears could have called a timeout and gotten a couple of plays off before ultimately kicking a field goal.

During the interview, Moore remained his typical mild-mannered self. His calm demeanor didn't waver and he actually seemed to shy away from giving any harsh details on the situation, multiple times reverting to the idea that Thomas Brown is now in charge and they're moving forward.

Brown is, indeed, the man in charge now. And, he'll get a chance to prove himself as this team's next head coach. We'll see what he does with these final five games and if Caleb Williams and the offense continue to improve.