Poles has lost the benefit of the doubt after missing on Matt Eberflus but deserves the chance to prove he has learned from his mistake. One big difference this time: After an unusually short process in hiring Eberflus,

You can’t come back from this embarrassment. You just can't. With a little more than a month left, the Bears need to salvage some dignity.

On the day after yet another jaw-dropping loss — this time with one of the more humiliating finishes in franchise history playing out in front of an extra-large and astonished holiday audience — the Chicago Bears leaned into their most straightforward path toward resolution.

Eberflus was fired on Friday, one day after the Bears embarrassingly botched an end of-game drive to against the Lions on Thanksgiving.

Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus issued a statement Saturday after his historic firing, which came on the heels of a gut-wrenching 23-20 loss on Thanksgiving Day to the NFC-best Detroit Lions.

Matt Eberflus sent a statement of gratitude to the Chicago Bears organization as well as the team's fanbase after he was fired as head coach on Friday.

Bears general manager Ryan Poles issued a statement regarding the team firing former head coach Matt Eberflus.

The assumption is always that the next coach will be better than the last one, otherwise why bother? In the case of the Bears, truth is a cruel recap, the line of fools stretching back beyond the