The time mismanagement at the end of Thursday's 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions was the final straw for Matt Eberflus, but Chicago Bears players had

The Bears find themselves in a paradox. From a distance, they're a bumbling mess with an ugly 4-8 record, riding a six-game losing streak with a main objective to invent ways to lose close games. They fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron a month ago and head coach Matt Eberflus after a third-consecutive humiliating loss.

Former Bears' head coach Matt Eberflus issued a statement on Saturday, one day after it was announced that the team was relieving him from his position. In a statement obtained by CBS Sports, Eberflus expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to work with the team: "I want to thank the McCaskey family and Ryan Poles for the opportunity to be the head coach of the Chicago Bears.

The Bears head coaching job will be a coveted one and ESPN's Adam Schefter believes Lions OC Ben Johnson will have interest in it.

After a disastrous end to their Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions, the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus the next day, and that means there’s another team that will be looking for a new coach.

Less than one month after saying Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson might not have interest in the Chicago Bears' head-coaching vacancy because of the franchise's dysfunction, ESPN's Adam Schefter changed his tune on Sunday morning.