As losses pile up, the Chicago Bears have been reduced to a national laughing stock. The Bears took a beating from the Minnesota Vikings in a 30-12 loss on Monday Night Football, extending their losing streak to eight games.
Their losing streak began with a Hail Mary loss to Washington that destroyed a once-promising season.
Since that game, the relationship between him and the players deteriorated. As the Bears continued to lose in inexplicable and inexcusable ways, the players started to voice their displeasure and frustrations toward former head coach Matt Eberflus.
Who can forget the loss to the Green Bay Packers at home where Eberflus did not pick up more yardage with more than 30 seconds left with one time left before Cairo Santos' 49-yard field goal attempt was blocked?
And the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions when Eberflus inexplicably let the final 30 seconds run out without taking a timeout as if he gave up any effort to tie or win the ballgame? In the end, he was a perfect example for 31 other head coaches what not to do.
Even after Thomas Brown took over as interim head coach, the entire team continued to make silly mistakes and lacked effort in his first two games.
Kyle Long sent a series of tweets yesterday mocking the predictions made by Ryan Poles, Caleb Williams, and Kiran Amegadjie in the past that have not materialized this season.
Long was drafted by Phil Emery in 2013 and was coached by Marc Trestman followed by John Fox, and Matt Nagy. If anyone knows dysfunction within the Bears organization, it is Long himself. Even long after his retirement, he clearly cares about the team, but the dysfunction continues and with no end in sight.