Eberflus’ contribution has to be more than promoting Thomas Brown to replace Shane Waldron. He has to be the reason they win. The Bears not only have to win for Eberflus to survive, they have to be well-coached.

The Bears have seven games remaining against playoff contenders and appear headed for major offseason changes.

In new odds released by Covers.com, Eberflus is currently the odds on favorite for the next head NFL coach to be fired. Entering Week 12, Eberflus is the only coach at minus-money to be fired, with a few not too far behind. Here is the full list with odds for next coach to be fired.

Analysis: The emphasis on winning the turnover battle that is key to Matt Eberflus' HITS principle is being disproven by the Bears themselves.

In the aftermath of the loss, Bears coach Matt Eberflus defended his decision to kick the 46-yard attempt rather than run an additional play. But come Monday, Eberflus turned his attention to another aspect of that blocked field goal: He thinks the refs missed a penalty.

The fashion in which the Bears lost last week's matchup against the Green Bay Packers has been seen before in Chicago's recent history. Not only was it the third time in the past 11 years in which they've lost on a missed field goal in which they attempted instead of running another play beforehand,

Winning the tight battles is something Matt Eberflus teams have shown they struggle at, and Sunday they'll face the last team they rallied on the road to beat.

Cairo Santos has never missed a kick inside of 40 yards in a Chicago Bears uniform. The veteran kicker is 36 of 36 inside of 40 yards with the Bears, a strong five-year sample size.  The Bears had plenty of time to get Santos inside that 40-yard mark in Sunday's loss to the Green Bay Packers.

We'll see if Chicago can get the pass rush going against the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday, a team that's allowed 29 sacks this season (ninth in the NFL). This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Matt Eberflus wants more from Bears pass rush

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus may be on thin ice, and one former standout QB has been floated as a dark horse replacement. The post Former Bears QB Named ‘Dark Horse’ Candidate to Replace Matt Eberflus appeared first on Heavy.

Matt Eberflus should have been gone after the 2023 season. Not solely because of his record, but because the logical thing to do with the franchise getting the number one overall