The Bears wouldn’t have promoted Brown — and risked damaging the forward momentum of No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams — unless they considered him a real candidate for their head coaching job.

After the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus, here's what the team is planning to do for the remaining five games of the season.

The inevitable happened. The Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus, fewer than 24 hours after his abject lack of clock management scuttled a possible comeback win over the Detroit L