Jimmy Johnson slams Matt Eberflus for ‘dysfunction’ on Fox NFL after Chicago Bears’ major Thanksgiving disaster

Following the Chicago Bears’ Thanksgiving defeat, Jimmy Johnson blasted head coach Matt Eberflus.

After the Bears lost an opportunity to pull off an incredible comeback against the Detroit Lions, Eberflus faced criticism for his clock management.

When the Bears had a chance to tie the score, they were down 23–20 after coming back from a 16-0 deficit.

Despite having a timeout in their pocket, Chicago mishandled the clock and allowed time to pass.

Additionally, Eberflus received harsh criticism for squandering the chance to tie the game.

Similarly, Johnson charged the Bears with “dysfunction.”

During Fox’s Thanksgiving broadcast of Dallas’ game versus the New York Giants, the former Dallas Cowboy coach expressed his thoughts clearly.

Johnson stated on the Fox halftime program, “In my 70 years of coaching at all three levels, I’ve never seen dysfunction that cost a team an opportunity to win the game.”

It goes without saying that he has a rookie quarterback; different teams employ different strategies.

“I was in charge of time-outs and clock management.

“The coach and quarterback do it together sometimes.

“A coach may occasionally have another coach in the box discussing clock management with him.

However, Eberflus ought to have called a time-out when he realized they were not on course and that there was dysfunction.

He claims that he wanted to let the rookie quarterback know that he should throw an out route, halt the clock, and then signal a time-out.

However, Terry Bradshaw, his co-star, interrupted to complete Johnson’s statement.

According to Bradshaw, they didn’t throw an out route.

“That was never communicated.” Johnson concurred.

After Chicago lost 23–20 and fell to 4–8, Eberflus defended his time management.

When Eberflus said, “I like what we did there,” If it’s less than seven seconds, you’ll have to call a timeout; if it’s less than twelve, you’re really out of options because it’s third to fourth.

“Then, you must toss it into the end zone.

“We were hoping that since it was third down going into fourth, we would rerack that play at 18 seconds, throw it inbounds, get it in field goal range, and then call a timeout. Now that we’re at 36 seconds.”

“I believe we handled it appropriately.

“I do think you should simply call a timeout, rerack the play, and get it in bounds.

“And that’s why we held it and didn’t work out the way we wanted it to.”

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