The Chicago Bears have their head coach. General manager Ryan Poles pulled the trigger on Matt Eberflus, whose resume of success after four seasons as the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive coordinator placed him at or near the top of most lists of coaching candidates. And while there’s no doubt Eberflus will generate excitement inside Halas Hall, there was some pushback on social media about Chicago’s decision to go with a defensive-minded coach instead of an offensive or quarterback guru.
Eberflus isn’t that guy. At least, he isn’t a quarterback specialist or a coach who worked his way into the Bears’ gig by leading NFL offenses to big stats and a lot of points. In fact, he’s the exact opposite. His entire career, dating back to his days at Toledo and Missouri, has centered around defense.
Standards. Expectations. Those are important variables to a winning formula that have been missing in the Nagy era. No player on the Bears’ roster will receive ‘special treatment,’ and that’s fantastic. It’ll breed competition, and anytime there’s more competition on a practice field, the better the results will be on game day.The Bears spent the last four years with Nagy’s ego getting in the way of real and legitimate growth on offense.
BryanPerezNFL Fantastic article - really great points!
BryanPerezNFL Alokin_4c ok. I'm warming up to this...this could work.
BryanPerezNFL Great column, filled with well-reasoned and articulated points. The Bears have done a great job with the GM and HC hiring process. Go Bears!!
BryanPerezNFL Was Saban? Was Belichick? So many great coaches have come from defensive backgrounds. Hire a top notch OC and 🐻 ⬇️!
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