ESPN expert defies all logic in defending Matt Eberflus as Chicago Bears head coach

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus seems to be on borrowed time as the Bears' head coach with the chance that he could be fired as soon as Friday with a Thanksgiving day loss to the Detroit Lions.

Outside of finishing the 2023 season with a 7-10 record, not much has gone right for the Bears under Eberflus. In a 2024 season where the stated expectation was for the Bears to make the playoffs, the team enters its game against the Lions with a greater chance of landing the No. 1 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft than it does making the playoffs.

There isn't a case that can be made for Eberflus to keep his job. That is unless you're Jeff Saturday of ESPN.

Saturday checked every box for being out-of-town stupid with regard to his stance that Eberflus will remain the Bears' head coach for multiple seasons ahead.

Yes, Caleb Williams' play is on the rise over the past two weeks but that is not due to Eberflus. That is due to Thomas Brown, the offensive coordinator Eberflus should have hired last January but lied to everyone when he stated Shane Waldron was the right coordinator for the job. In fact, Williams' five-game streak of not throwing an interception yet losing each of those games exposes Eberflus as the liability.

Even if there were backward thinking that would tie Williams' recent success to Eberflus, the other point Saturday made falls flat when you look at how the defense has fallen apart over the past two weeks. Beyond their struggles against the run, which have been persistent throughout the entire season, the holes in the Bears' coverage have been exposed by the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. While it was the defense ascension that saved Eberflus' job last season, the regression over the past month has provided confirmation that he is done as the Bears' head coach.