In a very thorough report on what Eberflus experienced this season, Adam Jahns of The Athletic gave details that show the Bears were done with their coach at the beginning of their losing skid. The downfall of this season started during the same game in which the losing streak started, a primetime loss to the Washington commanders.

The confounding final 32 seconds of the game that saw the Bears fail to use their final timeout as they were driving down 23-20 to set up a game-tying field goal did not just go over poorly with the front office — Eberflus was fired on Friday — he also lost some of his players.