However the Bears players, especially Pro Bowl cornerback Jaylon Johnson, weren't buying it, according to Russini and Jahns's report. Johnson reportedly was "going off" on Eberflus, and was joined by other Bears players who wanted to know why the coach hadn't used the team's final timeout.

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

According to Adam Jahns, it was a brutal scene inside the Bears locker room after the Lions loss where Jaylon Johnson confronted Matt Eberflus.

The mid-season firing is a first for the franchise team and comes just hours after Eberflus said during a Zoom press conference that he was confident he would coach the 49ers game

The Lions should be thankful Matt Eberflus forgot how timeouts work in their 23-20 win over Chicago, which reminded them they can't waste chances.

The Chicago Bears had the most difficult of assignments on Thanksgiving Day. They had to go into Detroit against the hottest and best team in the NFL having lost five games in a row. When the Bears fell behind 16-0 in the first half,