Poles has lost the benefit of the doubt after missing on Matt Eberflus but deserves the chance to prove he has learned from his mistake. One big difference this time: After an unusually short process in hiring Eberflus,

You can’t come back from this embarrassment. You just can't. With a little more than a month left, the Bears need to salvage some dignity.

On the day after yet another jaw-dropping loss — this time with one of the more humiliating finishes in franchise history playing out in front of an extra-large and astonished holiday audience — the Chicago Bears leaned into their most straightforward path toward resolution.

Bears general manager Ryan Poles issued a statement regarding the team firing former head coach Matt Eberflus.

History has been made, as the Chicago Bears on Friday fired head coach Matt Eberflus with five games remaining in the regular season.

The Bears fired Eberflus on Friday shortly after coordinating his regularly scheduled day-after-game media availability.

The Bears made the wrong kind of history when they "relieved" Eberflus on Black Friday. But it was the right decision for this cursed team.

The Chicago Bears did something they've never done in their 105-year history: they fired a head coach midseason. The Bears parted ways with Matt Eberflus on Friday, which came one day after a disastrous ending to a 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving in front of the entire football world.