Eberflus is the new Bears HC
 

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...987133963?s=20

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
Former Colts’ defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus is being hired as the head coach of the Chicago Bears, per sources.
10:51 AM · Jan 27, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

I hope that wasn't a mistake. Should we hire Flores now? Fangio has already been here before, so I seriously doubt that happens.

Lots of candidates out there. Well a few anyway

Flores
Wink
Schwartz
Zimmer

All possibilities. But could be a promotion from the staff too.

Flores and Zimmer would be good grabs. Not sure either one of them want a coordinators job after being head coaches. Flores got shafted in Miami with a bunch of internal bs and and an absentee owner.

Lot's of up's and downs with this news.

D'Qwell Jackson & I are going live at 3pm to discuss it.

Feel free to pop in and let us know what you think!

https://youtu.be/pksacuooH44

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Is it too much to ask to get someone smart enough to know the QB and the situation and not play 12 yards off Jax receivers?

Did any coach watch any film on them their last 8 games? WTF.

Be interesting to see who he takes with him. I hope our cupboards aren’t left bare.

I kinda hope they are! Take Frank and Chris with you as well Matt!

Give me someone whose defensive philosophy is a little more sophisticated than standing on the sidelines, fingers crossed, praying that the guy you’re facing wll screw up.

Never would have guessed.

Specifically I am talking about Rowe and Borgonzi.

On Twitter Bae’s fans are pissed, but maybe it’s just the normal toxic dribble.

Lovie Smith gets my vote

No way it’s Smith. Reich likes young up and coming coaches that will leave for head coaching etc. Rowe is supposed to be brilliant. He is my guess, young not heavily experienced but huge upside. Plus he is from within, which I think Frank values.

I don’t think Flus did a bad job with what he had to work with. Mainly a non existent pass rush. With even an average pass rush, I think the defense would have been top 10.

He’s clearly highly regarded around the league.

I just hope this isn’t a case of be careful what you wish for.

As far as I’m concerned I could give a fuck less what Frank wants, him calling for his long lost son at QB is the reason we’re in the situation we’re in. So having an experienced coach at D coordinator might also help Frank as a head coach. We need an experienced coach and Lovie is from the Dungy tree

Yep. That's my fear.

I really think you guys should investigate Wink Martindale.

All the coaches that have been mentions run the exact same D as Flus.

Cover 3..... Only real difference is the 3rd/4th down scheme.

Wink blitzes A LOT!

Obviously need some players to accomplish this. So with no matter who it is. Expect Ballard to do a lot to bring in more D talent. And that means less for the offense. Just sayin. be careful what you wish for

Here is a real good site to see what all teams play. It is from 2020. But the idea is still there

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-defensi...nfl-teams-2021

Lovie is an Associate Head Coach with the Texans.

Rapoport has reported that Eberflus may take Borgonzi with him to Chicago.


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1486763982048399362


Rapoport also seems to think Flus may select former Colts / current Eagles passing game coordinator Kevin Patullo as his OC.


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1486734854637117443

Oh I thought he was available I’ll have to look again now

Lovie smith or kris Richard

Yes, Lovie is still on the Texans payroll - for now at least.

It is sort of a weird situation - their GM dismissed their head coach and OC and kept a lot of the other staff such as Lovie and Pep. I think their GM wants to keep Lovie, but things may change depending on who they hire for head coach.

According to PFT, the Colts finished in the top 10 in run defense and takeaways all 4 years he was here. They were the only defense to finish in the top 10 in scoring, run defense, and takeaways in each of the last 2 seasons.

Flus is a good coach and I’m not sure his replacement will actually be an upgrade. We can only hope, I guess.

It’s not like they could have kept him from leaving either, or that they would have even wanted to.

^^^ plus 3 double digit blown leads this past season.

So now Rapoport is saying Eberflus is taking both Rowe and Borgonzi to Chicago. And a new front runner has emerged for Chicago's OC job - Green Bay's QB coach.

Hmm, I guess this would allow an external candidate for the Colts DC position a chance to help assemble the defensive staff - there will apparently be a lot of openings to fill.


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1487151959924690944

As I’m sure you know, that wasn’t all on the defense.

I’m not arguing that Eberflus was great or irreplaceable. I’m just saying the odds are the next guy they hire won’t be as good.

There are many young coaches lined up for a chance

I think we should chop down the Dungy tree, burn its branches and hire some guy with a machine to grind down the stump.

I’m sick and tired of watching bend but don’t break defenses designed to force the opposing offense to nickel and dime its way down the field on the stupid premise that, somewhere along the line, they’ll muck up.

I don’t want to stop the run on the way to the Quarterback.

I don’t want a coach who invented his scheme 50 years ago, who watched Offenses solve it 20 years ago, and then decided not to change a thing in response.

I don’t want a vanilla pass rush and a junior high school coverage scheme.

I don’t want prayer breakfasts and homilies at midfield.

I want a coach whose philosophy involves kicking the crap out of a guy when he’s down, then turning his dog on him.

This is my fear. I think Eberflus main problem was not having a pass rush. That's on Ballard. 'Flus did the best with what he had and did a good job considering. The next guy is going to have a difficult job ahead of him.

Ok so you want Wink Martindale and the first time he blitzes with a lead you’ll go fuckin crazy

OK so more reading about Wink. He runs a 3-4 D. Not gonna happen here. Irsay Ballard have both said 4-3

Not gonna look up the articles. You can

Even though the Colts base is a 4-2-5. which can be ran out of 4-3 or 3-4

Not gonna happen

This position with the Colts is VERY appealing to any coordinator out there
(Thank you Flus for that)

My sights are moving towards Richards. He is the definition of what the Colts want to be

We shall see.

Still think we are gonna miss Flus. Hope I am wrong. But that dude made the most of what he had

A couple of weeks ago, Ballard said that the distinction between 34 and 43 was blurring because they all ended up in a 4 man front. It’s referenced on Friday mornings Kevin and Query show.

But, speculation in NY is that Wink is headed there to be Daboll’s DC.

Colts might have no way to generate pressure other than blitzing. That is, unless you think that Paye and Odeyingbo are gonna morph into Freeney and Mathis.

I think IF the two young DEs they drafted this year improve their pass rush skills, the entire D is going to be better. Schemes only go so far. If they cant get more QB pressure/sacks the D coordinator wont matter

Morph? No way!

Develop? Good possibility.

Not just against the Jagoffs, against everyone. We need to bring in someone who's scheme doesn't call for giving the opponent receiver's 15 yards of cushion on every single 3rd and long.

Agree, either would be great. And unless they're in line for a HC job they'd probably take our DC job. Although they probably wouldn't plan on being here too long.

3rd and 4th down (or at least 3rd/4th and long) is where we really need improvement.

Eberflus may wind up taking much of this year's defensive staff with him to Chicago.

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...91215991009289

Who will win a playoff game first? Eberflus and the Bears or the Colts?