A season full of frustration came to a head with the Bears head coach the target of the players' anger. The postgame message of “sticking together” from Matt Eberflus following the Chicago Bears' Thanksgiving Day loss to the Detroit Lions reportedly did not go over well with members of the team.

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 Chicago Bears actually did it. They fired a head coach midseason, and there was no one more deserving than Matt Eberflus, whose three-year tenure has been marred by poor coaching decisions and the third-worst winning percentage in franchise history.