Bears Fire Eberflus After Sixth Straight Loss: Was -150 Favorite to Get Canned

A day after the Bears suffered their sixth straight loss, Chicago has fired coach Matt Eberflus, according to ESPN sources.

BetOnline had made Eberflus the -150 favorite to be fired heading into this week.

"The Bears have lost four straight games and scored a total of 46 points in those games. They fired their OC and it seems like the players have quit on Matt Eberflus," BetOnline noted just following last week's loss.

Considered among the world's largest online sportsbooks, BetOnline was expected to update its Next NFL Head Coach Fired odds following Monday Night Football.

Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will take over on an interim basis, sources added.

Eberflus came under intense scrutiny after running out the clock in the final 32 seconds despite having one timeout remaining. Quarterback Caleb Williams was sacked for a 6-yard loss on a called run play, and the Bears did not get the ball snapped for another play until 6 seconds remained.

Williams launched a deep ball to rookie wide receiver Rome Odunze that bounced off the turf inside the 5-yard line as time expired.
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The loss dropped the Bears to 4-8. Eberflus was 5-19 in one-score games, the worst record by any coach with at least 20 one-score games in NFL history.