The Chicago Bears Are Not a Serious Organization

If there was ever a time to be looking for a new head coach, this would be the year. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone around NFL circles who would tell you any of those three names wouldn't be an upgrade over Eberflus. Alas, Chicago has decided to keep things status quo.

A Subpar Standard

This shouldn't come as a surprise to Bears fans, though. This is what the franchise does. The Bears are routinely a day late and a dollar short on almost everything they do. In 104 years of existence, they've never had a true franchise quarterback. Their rivals up north in Green Bay are well on their way to their third straight.

Speaking of the Green Bay Packers, the Bears can't beat them. That's not a hyperbole either, they literally cannot beat them. Matt Eberflus is 0-6 against them and the Bears have lost their last 10 games against the Packers. That adds up to a 1-15 record against Green Bay in the last 16 meetings and a 3-25 record in the last 28. 

Eberflus hasn't exactly lit the world on fire in his first two seasons in Chicago. The Bears hold a 10-24 record during his time at the helm. Eberflus has received some praise for turning things around in his second season. The team started 2-7 and fans and media began to call for his job. After that, the Bears managed to finish the year 5-3.

Ask yourself, is 5-3 that big of an accomplishment? Mind you, the teams the Bears beat during that stretch had a combined record of 32-53 on the season. The Detroit Lions were the only team over .500 the Bears knocked off in 2023. What's the standard in Chicago?

Time Is a Flat Circle

The Bears have preached continuity all along. However, continuity only works if you're sure you have the right coach. It took the Bears three days after their season-ending loss in Green Bay to officially decide on Matt Eberflus's future. If you have that serious of questions on the matter, isn't that your answer?

Luke Getsy won't return as the team's offensive coordinator next year. Should fans have faith in Eberflus to replace him? Both of his coordinators have now been fired within two seasons. With limited success, Eberflus shouldn't be awarded the benefit of the doubt.

Through and through, everything has been mediocre in Chicago under Eberflus. Justin Fields hasn't developed to the point everyone had wished. The team has struggled to close games in which it had the lead. In fact, the Bears blew double-digit leads in the fourth quarter three times this past season, the most in NFL history.

Chicago now holds the first overall selection in the NFL Draft. It appears very possible that Fields will be traded and the team will select a quarterback. Should Eberflus be trusted with the development of said quarterback?

This franchise never learns from its mistakes. If the Bears struggle again next year, Eberflus will likely be fired. If that scenario plays out, it would mark the third straight time the team drafted a quarterback in the first round and fired the head coach the following season. Continuity, right? 

Along with that, if the team struggles in 2024 and Eberflus is inevitably fired after the season, what will the pool of coaches look like? There's absolutely no chance that it will be as good as the likes of Harbaugh, Belichick, and Vrabel. The Bears are truly squandering a massive opportunity.

Halas Hell

If management had fired Matt Eberflus and entered the coaching carousel, Chicago's opening likely would've been regarded as one of, if not the best available job. With the No. 1 overall pick in hand and a young, up-and-coming roster, the Bears would've been a good spot to grab one of these "big fish." If things go south next year, that narrative could quickly change.

This was a golden opportunity for the Bears to change the narrative of how they operate. Had they fired Eberflus and made a big move to bring in Jim Harbaugh, Bill Belichick, or Mike Vrabel as the next coach, that would've signaled a real change in the organization.

When team president Kevin Warren was brought in, there were signs of hope for real change. However, retaining Eberflus is the first big sign in the Warren era that things will remain the same. George McCaskey still has the keys to the car, and his mother is going to keep letting him crash it.