The Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus on Friday, the morning after yet another catastrophic end-of-game scenario. Eberflus’s tenure will be unique in that the Bears seemed so close to knocking off top-tier opponents had it not been for moments—Hail Marys, missed timeouts, odd alignments, unaware quarterbacks, blocked kicks—that would have served as memorable, once-in-a-lifetime outliers for some franchises. Instead, those moments had become the defining narrative of the Bears between 2022 and Thanksgiving of ’24. A weekly rollercoaster ride turned haunted house.
In lieu of digging back through these instances, we’re now looking ahead. Thomas Brown is the team’s interim head coach. Brown, a former Sean McVay lieutenant, sparked something in Caleb Williams after the firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron a couple weeks ago. We wrote about Brown as a prospective head coach two years ago, before he became the offensive coordinator of an ill-fated staff assembled by Frank Reich in Carolina to coach Bryce Young. Brown is the son of a pastor and, according to those who know him well, is a dynamic speaker who can command a room. He has interviewed for head coaching jobs in the past and has received positive marks from those opportunities.
