The thought of the game ending there didn’t even occur to me. Then I saw the word “final”, it took a second for me to realize i just watched some dumb shit.
He also has an egregious false start on their fourth down play, but they preferred to call a terrible pass interference call, instead of flagging him for the most obvious false start in the world.
Been telling people the worst part about Eberflus is he defends all his horrible decisions. In his mind the Bears 6 game losing streak is down to just the breaks not going their way, just bad luck. He's so bad he doesn't realize he's doing badly.
Packer fan here. Was starting to believe Bears were going to score TD to win. Then they messed it up with poor penalties, poor blocking, poor awareness and poor coaching
Lions fan here, Bears got away with like 2 delay of games that were glaringly bad. Jamo penalty was BS because the guy tripped him from the sideline and should have been penalized.
This is the first time in the last 30 NFL seasons when a team has lost by 1-3 pts in regulation (1,501 times) where the team ran a play from inside the opponent's 30 on the final drive but ultimately had time expire without bringing out the FG unit & without using all their timeouts. Congrats, Bears!
The only time I saw worse clock management was at the end of the first half of the Rams-Bears NFC Championship in 1985. The Rams recovered a fumble on the Bears' 21 with 64 seconds left in the first half and one timeout. They called two runs up the middle, then threw the ball to the running back on a quick angle route over the middle and he got tackled right as the clock hit zero. They never used their timeout.
I am 99.9% sure the QB was NOT doing that to TRY to get the coach fired. Pretty sure he realizes the coach will be gone at the end of the season already. Remember he just took a sack AND was slow to get up afterward. When that happens and you have a time out in your pocket you USE it so the QB can recover from the sack, get his head & body back into the game and prepare for the last couple plays.
In that situation, I'd have called the timeout right after Caleb took the sack. Then I would have gotten both my offense and special teams units ready and said, "OK, guys, here's the plan. We're going to throw a quick slant over the middle. If the Lions call a timeout afterwards to preserve time, then special teams can take their time lining up. If the Lions don't call a timeout, we'll do fire drill field goal. Got it, y'all?"
Probably the only thing Eberflus did right during that press conference, protect his rookie QB. Wish he would have protected Caleb by calling the timeout for him when it was clear something was off dueing the game, but 🤷🏼♀️
Everyone blaming Eberflus.....remember, Caleb Williams waited too long to hike the ball (it doesn't help that his linemen and WRs were moving around instead of getting set in time), then he held the ball too long, and threw the WRONG play. If he takes the snap 2 seconds earlier and throws an under-route, they Bears are kicking the tying fieldgoal attempt with the clock running out on that play, looking to head into OT. This is on Caleb Williams.
Yes he could have but ultimately this is the HC's job or he has no real roll on the sideline in the last 2 minutes since Brown is calling plays from the booth. Oddly enough some folks were jokingly saying this morning that Flus should just be escorted off the field at the 2 minute mark as he just screws it up.
The problem for Caleb when you watch the video through is the receivers on the left weren’t lined up correctly. DJ Moore had to reset after it looks like Cole Kemt says something to him. If he snaps it’s a penalty as Dj Moore was still getting set
As a Lions fan, and seriously was PRAYING that the Lions won.... this was the Lions giving the game away, then getting lucky. We can agree that the officials screwed the Lions with the BAD PI call, but it never should have been close enough for that to matter.
@@orvilletowner2503Then let's talk about a 1st half, where the Bears didn't get their 1st first down until almost halftime!! The Lion's should've been up 27-0 at the half!! ONLY...when the injuries pile up on the Lion's D, did Chicago start clicking...against 2nd and 3rd stringers.
I’m a lions fan because I grew up in Michigan but I live out here by Chicago (wife is from here) and I knew this game was gonna be tough for us. The bears have issues for sure but what they got going for them matches up well against our deficiencies. Their defense is pretty good, their offensive line play is not that good but their receivers are great and Caleb, as much as I dislike him as a human, is squirmy in the pocket and has a great arm. We have injuries all over and we aren’t great at producing a consistent pass rush, so their bad Oline isn’t going to be a consistent problem for them. We always have problems with mobile QBs and that presented itself today. Our DBs were overmatched against their WRs half the game and we had to run AGs vanilla defense because of all the injuries. So little QB pressure for half the game, plus we were man most of the time and Caleb either had time in the pocket or easily escaped the pocket to buy time for his receivers to get open, which they are going to do given time because they are good receivers. I’m glad we won but we probably shouldn’t have. When we dominated the first half but only walked away with 16 points I had that feeling I had at halftime of the NFC championship game. I knew they were gonna make adjustments and we probably couldn’t make many because of the injuries, at least on defense. I have no excuse or explanation for the offense. We won because the Bears were inept at the end. Not because we played so well. They had all the momentum, we had no answers for what they were doing and the refs seemed to favor them quite a bit. If Caleb was a savy vet or Eberflus was better at time management we probably would have lost the game in overtime.
You're blaming Caleb for this when the 3rd option you didn't mention is also a viable one, although not ideal, and Eberflus STILL didn't opt for that either. If he sees the clock is run down too far (say 12 seconds), call timeout, take two passing shots at the endzone. If the Lions sell out in the endzone you have a chance to throw a quick out to the sideline into field goal range. THIS IS A BETTER OPTION THAN LETTING THE CLOCK RUN OUT. Eberflus choked, he doesn't know how to win, or better yet - he doesn't know how to prevent his team from losing. And for that Matt Eberflus, you're fired.
Williams has absolutely ZERO Football Sense. Had No Idea what his situation was and therefore how to handle it. Just saw what was in front of his face without any comprehension of what the Big Picture. Completely oblivious. The QB HAS to be In Charge and directing everyone very quickly, then getting the ball snapped and play underway efficiently.
This is Caleb's fault, if they call them timeout at 30 seconds, if the next play was in bounds the game ends there, no shot for a field goal, and at that rateb they wouldn't have gotten another play off, no reason it took 22 seconds to call a play.
pretty sure he said "then we're gonna call a time out", not "they were gonna call a time out." it's not that he thought the Lions would call a time out (?????). from what i'm seeing, caleb changed the play and eberflus didn't bother calling a time out as he watched his plan go completely unexecuted.
Detroit would have just blocked the field goal or scored on a last second Hail Mary. I think coach Eberflus has learned from past mistakes and did not repeat them good job coach.
As bad as the coach is and make no mistake the coach IS historically bad, since it NEVER is a good look when a coach makes decisions based on what MIGHT happen in the future, while IGNORING what NEEDS to happen now (ie wanting to let the clock run down to 18 seconds). That all being said, I only partly blame the coach for this one. It is pretty obvious as the clock winds down that the QB thinks they are OUT of timeouts. Remember he is a rookie QB, he also was a bit slow after the sack (which likely rattled him a bit) and if this happened at Ohio State the coach likely would have used the final time out IMMEDIATELY after the sack (or at least immediately after seeing the QB is slow to recover after the sack). As a result, the QB's thinking was probably along the lines of no time out was called, so we must be out of time outs. Why is the coach calling another "dumb" play, I need to change it to something that is near the end zone.
As a Lions fan it's frustrating we were even in this situation. We should have been up by over 30 by the end of the game. Bears came back last week and ruined my point spread against Minnesota, and did the same this week against the Lions!
Yall been spoiled not gonna lie like lions are good team but with such a weak schedule you keep blowing teams at the bottom of the list out. When you are poised with a division rival who seems to be good at second half comebacks based off what you see you can’t be surprised. But, as a bears fan, not surprised we lost in bears fashion for the third week in a row lol
Williams took an eternity to snap the ball after they were lined up. They would have probably been fine if he had just snapped the ball or ran a quick play instead of going for the end zone.
1. horrific O-line lack of blocking on that sack play, i mean he let the defender run past him while literally blocking nobody, until he was already gone. that made zero sense 2. bad QB idiocy in 5 ways wow. Being a rookie does not excuse this level of insane brain damage on clock management. College QB's do this every day all day all year. 3. All the coaches who failed to call timeout after seeing the retardation of Williams not snapping the ball and going faster is beyond wild. Bears in a nutshell though
Nah if he calls the timeout out its screwed anyway he just keerps thinking the qb who has been playing football his whole life would hurry up and snap. But he just stood there.
That is what no Caleb defender will ever admit. All the fans of any team want to do is blame the coaching. To admit a guy who's played the game since grade school in most cases, who've been taught over and over the 2 minute offense and time management has as much to do with the teams loss, as a guy on the sideline, well that just preposterous. Honestly accountability is right out the window in today's NFL/NBA/MLB and so on.
Eberflose needs to be fired, The sample is larger than needed. Leaving a timeout on the board and running that play deep is unaceptable in the NFL. We need experienced coaching that put all players in good positions and with winning attititudes. Look at Denver with Bo Nix at QB and Sean Payton ?
That may have been the strangest game ending I have ever seen. I thought for sure the Lions lost that game or at the very least it was OT. The Gibbs fumble was the turning point of that game and the Lions genuinely got lucky to walk away with a Dub
You summed up my thoughts with the importance of analyzing it beyond the failure to call the TO with the QB playing a role in it. The sack is an important takeaway and key about this play sequence so there should be huge credit given to that as well. Eberflus' job is still on razor thin ice even if you can shift the blame of ending. You have to guarantee he is getting fired before the next game.
Seriously. Give the Chiefs 13 seconds and they can get down the field into tying FG range. Give the Bears 36 seconds and they'll get themselves out of tying FG range (possible winning TD range?) and lose the game, somehow...
Ball on detroit 25 theres three plays here: 2 shots in the end zone and a run w/ swift to help the kicker then call timeout. Bad coaching 100% you do not have Lamar jackson you have a rookie losing confidence week after week due to last minute game decisions.
Guys, both tackles let the edge rushers go right on by like they weren't even there. Then they just stand around for 15 seconds before finally getting lined up, at which point they proceed to do nothing for another 10 seconds before snapping the ball. And as the uploader mentioned, _even_ _then_ they could have literally done anything else besides a deep pass to at least have a chance at the field goal. No one can tell me this game wasn't thrown 🤦✌️
You know what? They shouldn't have even been in that position in the first place. That was the football Gods making sure the refs didn't screw the Lions. That PI on Vildor was non existent. The holding on the line all second half was egregious too.
As a Lions fan, I heartily thank Eberflus and Williams for their generosity as we head into the holiday season. The stupid shit aside, I will tip my cap to the Bears for that momentum-shifting play where they forced a turnover just as we were about to get another touchdown. That one play seemed to get the Bears to wake up and make a game out of what was turning into a rout.
Bears #75 Right tackle = OK, listen you meathead. There’s two rushers there. Just pick one and block. GOTCHA COACH! #75 just stands there watching the clouds….oops sorry, it’s a dome…….watching the roof.
The Football Gods interviened. The game should’ve been over a few plays earlier but the refs called the worst DPI on a 4th and Long. There was no PI and on top of that the ball wasn’t catchable.
@@orvilletowner2503The Lion's were ridiculously DOMINANT the whole first half. They beat themselves into it only being 16-0 at the half!! It EASILY could've been 27-0.
@@garyrentschler6082 Yeah, they really beat themselves in the second half, having 3 starters go down and not return. And I'm sure being down a left tackle had nothing to do with their red zone woes.
@Wiggymaster They got away from running the ball down there!! 1st and goal from the 5? You aren't stopping Montgomery from pounding it in from there...with 4 shots!! Instead, they have Goff throwing it around...
This goes on Eberflus the head coach. An NFL head coach is allowed to call a timeout simply by flagging down the ref. By the time there was about 15 seconds on the clock, everyone in the stadium except Eberflus was shocked he wasn't calling timeout. Eberflus was literally the last guy in the building to identify the ignorance to the game clock. Damn near fireable offense. Beyond braindead.
At 15 seconds the offense was set, I don't know why it took Caleb another 7 seconds to snap the ball. Flus should have called it, but I can see why he didn't. The offense was set, Caleb was already upset that sideline wasted 2nd timeout.
its not the play/clock management in a void, its just another thing in the wrong direction. he's just not the dude for the job. he also has some responsibility to develop his rookie QB, so if he's not making the right calls consistently then he for sure isn't doing Caleb any favors.
I am a 40+ year die hard Lions fan and I feel that was a gift from the heavens to win that game. I am angry for the bears fans and That coach should be FIRED. Even worse they would not won the HUGE mistakes. They have a time out left And lose game holding a time as if its like cell phone minutes and think "Lets save it for the next" Hello? Time outs don't carry over to the next game. Use or lose it. They could have kicked a FG and tied game, win the coin toss and win the game. But.. Caleb has not sense of urgency like has all the time in the word. He eats up the clock for the lions 00 left never used the time out and never kicked a FG. They could have done both. Run a play then call TO kick a FG = Gaurnteed over time at the least. Or outright win the game. I have never seen this in my life, were were lucky to win. But Caleb is so stupid he does not seem to know what happened. In post game interview he was babbling "oh well we took a shot" Like he had no idea he had a time out to burn. You don't do a long count like he did. He is a MORON and will never be a great QB he is way to stupid. He has skills but not between the ears. He is a choker and I feel terrible for the bears. As a lions fan I'll take the win but it feels cheap like a gift.
I loved when the lions were caught off guard and were surprised they won ... 😅 I kept saying where's the heartbreaking last second flag to give the bears the chance to kick the field goal. But it never came and im like no way its going to end like this...4 years ago when the lions were struggling some how a flag would have changed that ending. So part of me was like where's the flag then I saw final pop up on the screen and I was like noooo way. And still wondering why the bears never used their last time out . But they need to work on that and in closing GO LIONS!
I agree with the decision to not call the timeout and try to run 1 play to get into FG range first. The problem was obviously execution. The players didn't seem prepared, which falls on the coaching staff. This is something they should be walking through so everyone knows exactly where to go and what the play will be in these hurry up situations.
The problem with coach's logic is that the opposing defense can probably get back on defense slower than usual and cost valuable seconds off the clock. Calling a timeout immediately preserves all 32 seconds and allows you to come up with a good play. At the very least calling the timeout first allows you to figure out and set up a play.
You can’t blame this on the coach at this point…. The lineman knocking the helmet off, 2(center and right tackle) literal not blocking anyone in a 5v4 allowing the sack.. the time on the clock just the icing on the cake. How can this series be real? Doesn’t make any sense, ot/td was imminent
1:01 here me out: Both tackles appear to miss blocking assignments, and the center charges 5 yrds downfield to block the LB...was that a designed run for Caleb? Maybe to grab a few yrds, call timeout, kick FG? Bc if it was a pass, Center blatantly ineligible man downfield, right? And Tackles push DE's back behind them, almost like they expected Caleb to run up the middle and not be there. Either that or their OL resembles a pickup game of drunk Uncles on Thanksgiving.
The way the Lions played the 1st half the game should have been a blow-out for the Lions. 4x in the red zone and only 1 TD, ! 18 1st downs, over 250yrds in 1 half !!! And then...
Disgraceful. Then he stands by it. Eberflus should be fired on Friday. Also Williams doesn’t have it. No successful quarterback in history would be involved with mismanagement like that. Only Prescott comes to mind. As a Patriots fan I was thrilled Chicago took him because I saw this in him. He’s going to have the same career as Daniel Jones. Chicago will hang on to him way too long. Inexcusable. Then listening to Williams talking about it during the press conference was nauseating. He and Eberflus are the only two on the planet that thinks that was acceptable
Everyone blaming coach for the non timeout but how do you NOT get that ball snapped sooner? If you guys wanna blame coach, blame him for not having his guys prepped to hustle.
This was a game the Bears should have won. Detroit is feeling the pressure of trying to hold onto that number one spot. I don't think there is any team left in the NFC that is not beatable. But what Eberflus did in this game is inexcusable. Of course, as a Packers fan, I don't mind a little help from the enemy. But leave it to the Bears to be DA Bears.....
Called 2 timeouts that were not needed, then doesn't call one they absolutely needed 😂
Bears doing things in Bears ways
The thought of the game ending there didn’t even occur to me. Then I saw the word “final”, it took a second for me to realize i just watched some dumb shit.
I'm not even a bears fan but my girl heard me yell at the TV "Wtf are you doing!"
My thoughts exactly.
I had a very similar reaction lol. "Wait, the clock's still going?" "Wait, the game's over??!"
I’m taking crazy pills. Does anyone NOT SEE THE FREAKING WIDE OUTS MOVING TILL 9 seconds left!?!! 😂
Yes. Thank you. Calebs fault
Bears right tackle when posed with a choice of two rushers to block chooses neither.
Must have snapped early or he missed the snap
He also has an egregious false start on their fourth down play, but they preferred to call a terrible pass interference call, instead of flagging him for the most obvious false start in the world.
Who did he think was going to get the DE? Wtf
@@mrhumble2937 nope, just a whiff.. His feet moved when the ball was snapped so he knew the snap count
@@roems6396 Refs tried to feed the Bears that turkey. Coach Influenza wasn't having it.
Been telling people the worst part about Eberflus is he defends all his horrible decisions. In his mind the Bears 6 game losing streak is down to just the breaks not going their way, just bad luck. He's so bad he doesn't realize he's doing badly.
The way he just stood there at the end lookin clueless amazed me
A leader always take accountability.
That’s the worst case scenario, means he’ll truly never get better. Every day they don’t fire him they’re setting themselves further back
Can’t accept accountability, that’s damning for a supposed leader.
Yea, and him saying "I like what we did there" won't save him from getting fired.
At least they saved the time out for next week lol
Packer fan here. Was starting to believe Bears were going to score TD to win. Then they messed it up with poor penalties, poor blocking, poor awareness and poor coaching
But they still did better than the Packers 😂
Lions fan here, Bears got away with like 2 delay of games that were glaringly bad. Jamo penalty was BS because the guy tripped him from the sideline and should have been penalized.
@@brokentubing Bears lost. Horse shoes grenades are not the game.
This is the first time in the last 30 NFL seasons when a team has lost by 1-3 pts in regulation (1,501 times) where the team ran a play from inside the opponent's 30 on the final drive but ultimately had time expire without bringing out the FG unit & without using all their timeouts.
Congrats, Bears!
I heard my mother shouting "we won!??" from the living room. I assumed she had no idea what was going on but clearly the bears didn't either lmao.
The only time I saw worse clock management was at the end of the first half of the Rams-Bears NFC Championship in 1985. The Rams recovered a fumble on the Bears' 21 with 64 seconds left in the first half and one timeout. They called two runs up the middle, then threw the ball to the running back on a quick angle route over the middle and he got tackled right as the clock hit zero. They never used their timeout.
I think the Cowboys have just found their next coach, who should become available by tomorrow morning :)
Hilarious the offensive lineman had to tell the captain to get the play going
If I was a rookie quarterback who was trying to get my coach fired I would do exactly what Williams did here.
He already got the OC fired.
He is an Aaron Rodgers in the making :o
I am 99.9% sure the QB was NOT doing that to TRY to get the coach fired. Pretty sure he realizes the coach will be gone at the end of the season already. Remember he just took a sack AND was slow to get up afterward. When that happens and you have a time out in your pocket you USE it so the QB can recover from the sack, get his head & body back into the game and prepare for the last couple plays.
The Lions looked so confused.
They weren't alone...
I'm pretty sure the bears were more confused than the lions.
Heck you can actually see Dan over there looking absolutely confused with his hands in the air lol
Interesting that Chicago's fear of giving the Detroit offense the ball with time on the clock was a contributing factor.
Despite the FACT the only reason the Bears had a CHANCE was because their defense had greatly slowed down Detroit most of the game.
Then they would have kneeled when they were on the 25 with .43 left
CW has to snap the ball with 16 seconds left… why does he get so many excuses for choking.
The wide receivers were still moving/getting set up to like 9 seconds mind you. He couldn’t snap the ball or they’d get called for false start
@ no they wasn’t.
In that situation, I'd have called the timeout right after Caleb took the sack. Then I would have gotten both my offense and special teams units ready and said, "OK, guys, here's the plan. We're going to throw a quick slant over the middle. If the Lions call a timeout afterwards to preserve time, then special teams can take their time lining up. If the Lions don't call a timeout, we'll do fire drill field goal. Got it, y'all?"
You're hired
Eberflus was trying not to throw Caleb under the bus
Yup, a coach should always do this
Probably the only thing Eberflus did right during that press conference, protect his rookie QB. Wish he would have protected Caleb by calling the timeout for him when it was clear something was off dueing the game, but 🤷🏼♀️
@@shadowdemon2272 That would require being a good head coach, not just being a good leader.
Nobody knew what to do! Players, coaches ....just unbelievable.
Everyone blaming Eberflus.....remember, Caleb Williams waited too long to hike the ball (it doesn't help that his linemen and WRs were moving around instead of getting set in time), then he held the ball too long, and threw the WRONG play. If he takes the snap 2 seconds earlier and throws an under-route, they Bears are kicking the tying fieldgoal attempt with the clock running out on that play, looking to head into OT. This is on Caleb Williams.
Detroit should give 'Fluss a game ball.
Oh, we did, we did give him a game ball😅
Caleb gets the assist on this.
Yeah, he could’ve snapped it WAY sooner
Yes he could have but ultimately this is the HC's job or he has no real roll on the sideline in the last 2 minutes since Brown is calling plays from the booth.
Oddly enough some folks were jokingly saying this morning that Flus should just be escorted off the field at the 2 minute mark as he just screws it up.
The problem for Caleb when you watch the video through is the receivers on the left weren’t lined up correctly. DJ Moore had to reset after it looks like Cole Kemt says something to him. If he snaps it’s a penalty as Dj Moore was still getting set
Except you didn't see that 2 of his veteran WR's took forever to get set.
@@briandong5293- No one is responding when I point this out either. Is everyone blind? Would’ve been a flag
As a Lions fan, and seriously was PRAYING that the Lions won.... this was the Lions giving the game away, then getting lucky. We can agree that the officials screwed the Lions with the BAD PI call, but it never should have been close enough for that to matter.
Lions got lucky on a couple of calls.
@@orvilletowner2503Then let's talk about a 1st half, where the Bears didn't get their 1st first down until almost halftime!! The Lion's should've been up 27-0 at the half!! ONLY...when the injuries pile up on the Lion's D, did Chicago start clicking...against 2nd and 3rd stringers.
I’m a lions fan because I grew up in Michigan but I live out here by Chicago (wife is from here) and I knew this game was gonna be tough for us. The bears have issues for sure but what they got going for them matches up well against our deficiencies. Their defense is pretty good, their offensive line play is not that good but their receivers are great and Caleb, as much as I dislike him as a human, is squirmy in the pocket and has a great arm. We have injuries all over and we aren’t great at producing a consistent pass rush, so their bad Oline isn’t going to be a consistent problem for them. We always have problems with mobile QBs and that presented itself today. Our DBs were overmatched against their WRs half the game and we had to run AGs vanilla defense because of all the injuries. So little QB pressure for half the game, plus we were man most of the time and Caleb either had time in the pocket or easily escaped the pocket to buy time for his receivers to get open, which they are going to do given time because they are good receivers. I’m glad we won but we probably shouldn’t have. When we dominated the first half but only walked away with 16 points I had that feeling I had at halftime of the NFC championship game. I knew they were gonna make adjustments and we probably couldn’t make many because of the injuries, at least on defense. I have no excuse or explanation for the offense. We won because the Bears were inept at the end. Not because we played so well. They had all the momentum, we had no answers for what they were doing and the refs seemed to favor them quite a bit. If Caleb was a savy vet or Eberflus was better at time management we probably would have lost the game in overtime.
@@garyrentschler6082 I didn't think the Bears got a 1st down until the 3rd..... did they really get one in the 2nd?
@@TheBizziniss way too long to read.
You're blaming Caleb for this when the 3rd option you didn't mention is also a viable one, although not ideal, and Eberflus STILL didn't opt for that either. If he sees the clock is run down too far (say 12 seconds), call timeout, take two passing shots at the endzone. If the Lions sell out in the endzone you have a chance to throw a quick out to the sideline into field goal range.
THIS IS A BETTER OPTION THAN LETTING THE CLOCK RUN OUT. Eberflus choked, he doesn't know how to win, or better yet - he doesn't know how to prevent his team from losing. And for that Matt Eberflus, you're fired.
Williams has absolutely ZERO Football Sense. Had No Idea what his situation was and therefore how to handle it. Just saw what was in front of his face without any comprehension of what the Big Picture. Completely oblivious. The QB HAS to be In Charge and directing everyone very quickly, then getting the ball snapped and play underway efficiently.
This is Caleb's fault, if they call them timeout at 30 seconds, if the next play was in bounds the game ends there, no shot for a field goal, and at that rateb they wouldn't have gotten another play off, no reason it took 22 seconds to call a play.
pretty sure he said "then we're gonna call a time out", not "they were gonna call a time out." it's not that he thought the Lions would call a time out (?????). from what i'm seeing, caleb changed the play and eberflus didn't bother calling a time out as he watched his plan go completely unexecuted.
I agree 100%
Detroit would have just blocked the field goal or scored on a last second Hail Mary. I think coach Eberflus has learned from past mistakes and did not repeat them good job coach.
As bad as the coach is and make no mistake the coach IS historically bad, since it NEVER is a good look when a coach makes decisions based on what MIGHT happen in the future, while IGNORING what NEEDS to happen now (ie wanting to let the clock run down to 18 seconds).
That all being said, I only partly blame the coach for this one. It is pretty obvious as the clock winds down that the QB thinks they are OUT of timeouts. Remember he is a rookie QB, he also was a bit slow after the sack (which likely rattled him a bit) and if this happened at Ohio State the coach likely would have used the final time out IMMEDIATELY after the sack (or at least immediately after seeing the QB is slow to recover after the sack). As a result, the QB's thinking was probably along the lines of no time out was called, so we must be out of time outs. Why is the coach calling another "dumb" play, I need to change it to something that is near the end zone.
I was like oh they arent taking a time out 10seconds left uh why arent they hiking
Terrible clock management the entire drive
As a Lions fan it's frustrating we were even in this situation. We should have been up by over 30 by the end of the game. Bears came back last week and ruined my point spread against Minnesota, and did the same this week against the Lions!
Yall been spoiled not gonna lie like lions are good team but with such a weak schedule you keep blowing teams at the bottom of the list out. When you are poised with a division rival who seems to be good at second half comebacks based off what you see you can’t be surprised. But, as a bears fan, not surprised we lost in bears fashion for the third week in a row lol
Maybe the Lions are just not that good!
@@peteshallcross787defense decimated by injuries
Williams took an eternity to snap the ball after they were lined up. They would have probably been fine if he had just snapped the ball or ran a quick play instead of going for the end zone.
1. horrific O-line lack of blocking on that sack play, i mean he let the defender run past him while literally blocking nobody, until he was already gone. that made zero sense
2. bad QB idiocy in 5 ways wow. Being a rookie does not excuse this level of insane brain damage on clock management. College QB's do this every day all day all year.
3. All the coaches who failed to call timeout after seeing the retardation of Williams not snapping the ball and going faster is beyond wild.
Bears in a nutshell though
Nah if he calls the timeout out its screwed anyway he just keerps thinking the qb who has been playing football his whole life would hurry up and snap. But he just stood there.
That is what no Caleb defender will ever admit. All the fans of any team want to do is blame the coaching. To admit a guy who's played the game since grade school in most cases, who've been taught over and over the 2 minute offense and time management has as much to do with the teams loss, as a guy on the sideline, well that just preposterous. Honestly accountability is right out the window in today's NFL/NBA/MLB and so on.
Caleb changed the play at the line of scrimmage
Yeah, calling the timeout means you’re forced to throw to the sideline on 3rd down. By saving it, any play call was viable…if you snap the damn ball.
They’re all moving literally how can he snap it without moving them further back?
@@dieusonmalcomson7335 they’re moving because he changed the play at the line.
Eberflose needs to be fired, The sample is larger than needed. Leaving a timeout on the board and running that play deep is unaceptable in the NFL. We need experienced coaching that put all players in good positions and with winning attititudes. Look at Denver with Bo Nix at QB and Sean Payton ?
That may have been the strangest game ending I have ever seen. I thought for sure the Lions lost that game or at the very least it was OT. The Gibbs fumble was the turning point of that game and the Lions genuinely got lucky to walk away with a Dub
The turning point was a slew of Lion's D getting hurt. By the beginning of the 4th quarter, there were probably 6 or 7 backups playing D!!
You summed up my thoughts with the importance of analyzing it beyond the failure to call the TO with the QB playing a role in it. The sack is an important takeaway and key about this play sequence so there should be huge credit given to that as well.
Eberflus' job is still on razor thin ice even if you can shift the blame of ending. You have to guarantee he is getting fired before the next game.
The Bears is the Bears
Bears are the opposite of the chiefs.
I think they have potential to be the Cheifs of the nfc with the right coach, they got talent on that team
I showed up to look for this comment and was not disappointed
Seriously. Give the Chiefs 13 seconds and they can get down the field into tying FG range. Give the Bears 36 seconds and they'll get themselves out of tying FG range (possible winning TD range?) and lose the game, somehow...
Ball on detroit 25 theres three plays here: 2 shots in the end zone and a run w/ swift to help the kicker then call timeout. Bad coaching 100% you do not have Lamar jackson you have a rookie losing confidence week after week due to last minute game decisions.
Guys, both tackles let the edge rushers go right on by like they weren't even there. Then they just stand around for 15 seconds before finally getting lined up, at which point they proceed to do nothing for another 10 seconds before snapping the ball. And as the uploader mentioned, _even_ _then_ they could have literally done anything else besides a deep pass to at least have a chance at the field goal. No one can tell me this game wasn't thrown 🤦✌️
I liked what the Bears did there. I think they handled it the right way. I’m a Lions fan.
You know what? They shouldn't have even been in that position in the first place. That was the football Gods making sure the refs didn't screw the Lions. That PI on Vildor was non existent. The holding on the line all second half was egregious too.
Whining about the refs makes you sound like a loser.
As a Lions fan, I heartily thank Eberflus and Williams for their generosity as we head into the holiday season. The stupid shit aside, I will tip my cap to the Bears for that momentum-shifting play where they forced a turnover just as we were about to get another touchdown. That one play seemed to get the Bears to wake up and make a game out of what was turning into a rout.
Bears #75 Right tackle = OK, listen you meathead. There’s two rushers there. Just pick one and block. GOTCHA COACH!
#75 just stands there watching the clouds….oops sorry, it’s a dome…….watching the roof.
Did you just miss the entire top of the screen TE and WR not set? Would’ve been a flag. They didn’t get set until 9 seconds to go.
The Football Gods interviened. The game should’ve been over a few plays earlier but the refs called the worst DPI on a 4th and Long. There was no PI and on top of that the ball wasn’t catchable.
Lions got calls all game
@@orvilletowner2503The Lion's were ridiculously DOMINANT the whole first half. They beat themselves into it only being 16-0 at the half!! It EASILY could've been 27-0.
Indeed. Ball don't lie.
@@garyrentschler6082 Yeah, they really beat themselves in the second half, having 3 starters go down and not return. And I'm sure being down a left tackle had nothing to do with their red zone woes.
@Wiggymaster They got away from running the ball down there!! 1st and goal from the 5? You aren't stopping Montgomery from pounding it in from there...with 4 shots!! Instead, they have Goff throwing it around...
It wasmt clock management.. It was us fans.. Its was so loud Caleb couldn't get his clowns back in formation.. The refs tried to help them..
The refs had horrible calls on both teams.
The two biggest plays of the past two-weeks, there are two guys manhandling Caleb Williams in less than a second.
As a eagles fan im pissed
As a lions fan I’m not. We see y’all soon at the NFC championship 🎉🎉
@@kingmidus1032Let's just hope we both are healthy when the time comes. Too many players gettin injured in these games.
@tBeNz0 same. Both teams seem to be cursed with injuries. Not as bad as another team that we all know...
I like what he did there, too. But I'm a Lions fan.
This goes on Eberflus the head coach. An NFL head coach is allowed to call a timeout simply by flagging down the ref. By the time there was about 15 seconds on the clock, everyone in the stadium except Eberflus was shocked he wasn't calling timeout. Eberflus was literally the last guy in the building to identify the ignorance to the game clock. Damn near fireable offense. Beyond braindead.
At 15 seconds the offense was set, I don't know why it took Caleb another 7 seconds to snap the ball. Flus should have called it, but I can see why he didn't. The offense was set, Caleb was already upset that sideline wasted 2nd timeout.
its not the play/clock management in a void, its just another thing in the wrong direction. he's just not the dude for the job. he also has some responsibility to develop his rookie QB, so if he's not making the right calls consistently then he for sure isn't doing Caleb any favors.
I am a 40+ year die hard Lions fan and I feel that was a gift from the heavens to win that game. I am angry for the bears fans and That coach should be FIRED. Even worse they would not won the HUGE mistakes. They have a time out left And lose game holding a time as if its like cell phone minutes and think "Lets save it for the next" Hello? Time outs don't carry over to the next game. Use or lose it. They could have kicked a FG and tied game, win the coin toss and win the game.
But.. Caleb has not sense of urgency like has all the time in the word. He eats up the clock for the lions 00 left never used the time out and never kicked a FG. They could have done both. Run a play then call TO kick a FG = Gaurnteed over time at the least. Or outright win the game. I have never seen this in my life, were were lucky to win. But Caleb is so stupid he does not seem to know what happened. In post game interview he was babbling "oh well we took a shot" Like he had no idea he had a time out to burn. You don't do a long count like he did. He is a MORON and will never be a great QB he is way to stupid. He has skills but not between the ears. He is a choker and I feel terrible for the bears. As a lions fan I'll take the win but it feels cheap like a gift.
I loved when the lions were caught off guard and were surprised they won ... 😅 I kept saying where's the heartbreaking last second flag to give the bears the chance to kick the field goal. But it never came and im like no way its going to end like this...4 years ago when the lions were struggling some how a flag would have changed that ending. So part of me was like where's the flag then I saw final pop up on the screen and I was like noooo way. And still wondering why the bears never used their last time out . But they need to work on that and in closing GO LIONS!
I agree with the decision to not call the timeout and try to run 1 play to get into FG range first. The problem was obviously execution. The players didn't seem prepared, which falls on the coaching staff. This is something they should be walking through so everyone knows exactly where to go and what the play will be in these hurry up situations.
Eberflus is something else 😅
Early Christmas gift to Lions team. From the Chicago Bears.
Thank you Matt E.!! 🤔🤠
The problem with coach's logic is that the opposing defense can probably get back on defense slower than usual and cost valuable seconds off the clock. Calling a timeout immediately preserves all 32 seconds and allows you to come up with a good play. At the very least calling the timeout first allows you to figure out and set up a play.
Time to fire Eberflus.
It's 80% Caleb and 20% Eberflus.
As a Bears fan, I feel like the “creative ways to lose” BINGO card slots are is all filled in
Anyone blaming Caleb is as bad at this as Eberflus and should never be allowed to coach anyone in football at any level
I know it’s hard to accept that your QB is a d0lt but the evidence is right here.
Eberflus said they handled it the right way because he didn't want to flame Caleb but couldn't think of anything else to say.
DA BEARS
You can’t blame this on the coach at this point…. The lineman knocking the helmet off, 2(center and right tackle) literal not blocking anyone in a 5v4 allowing the sack.. the time on the clock just the icing on the cake. How can this series be real? Doesn’t make any sense, ot/td was imminent
I really think EVERYONE on the field was expecting a time-out call on that last play. QB obviously wasn't prepared to actually run a play there.
From now on anytime a coach blows it they'll say" well at least it's not as bad as what Eberflus did " 😂
Matt Eberflus' tenure ends on this game. He's fired.
Should've shown the play before this where Caleb throws an absolute DUCK at Moore's feet that would've probably went to the house
That pi call right before should never have happened. Refs also missed a false start on the same play
Can explain, can not justify
One wonders why the play clock is running, it might have confused somebody..
6:06 is probably the most unserious moment in nfl history if you interpret it the wrong way
11-1, love it. Super DUPER Bowl = Steelers vs Lions. Steelers win
1:01 here me out: Both tackles appear to miss blocking assignments, and the center charges 5 yrds downfield to block the LB...was that a designed run for Caleb? Maybe to grab a few yrds, call timeout, kick FG?
Bc if it was a pass, Center blatantly ineligible man downfield, right? And Tackles push DE's back behind them, almost like they expected Caleb to run up the middle and not be there.
Either that or their OL resembles a pickup game of drunk Uncles on Thanksgiving.
The way the Lions played the 1st half the game should have been a blow-out for the Lions. 4x in the red zone and only 1 TD, ! 18 1st downs, over 250yrds in 1 half !!! And then...
Disgraceful. Then he stands by it. Eberflus should be fired on Friday. Also Williams doesn’t have it. No successful quarterback in history would be involved with mismanagement like that. Only Prescott comes to mind. As a Patriots fan I was thrilled Chicago took him because I saw this in him. He’s going to have the same career as Daniel Jones. Chicago will hang on to him way too long. Inexcusable. Then listening to Williams talking about it during the press conference was nauseating. He and Eberflus are the only two on the planet that thinks that was acceptable
Clock mismanagement is on the head coach, period. To try and blame the rookie shows that you have no idea what you're talking about.
Everyone gonna talk about Bears late mismanagement...not the Lions first half dominance
Everyone blaming coach for the non timeout but how do you NOT get that ball snapped sooner? If you guys wanna blame coach, blame him for not having his guys prepped to hustle.
You forget Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott.
Starting to think it's rigged for the Lions now .
Not really. The refs was gunning for the Lions all game long, especially that awful PI call. If anything, the Football gods jumped in to fix the error
Doesn't matter that kicker can't hit in the clutch 💯🙏🤣
Even Mike McCarthy isn't this bad at mismanaging a time clock.
The bears would have at least 2-3 more wins this season if they fired eberflus at the end of last season and brought in literally anyone else
We all knew we were going to see a dumpster fire of a season when they refused to move on from Eberflus in the offseason
Imo the worst thing eberflus did was not call a timeout at 15 seconds
It looked like he wanted to huddle up because he assumed his coach called timeout.
Em-bear-Ass-ing.
Some One needs to be Fired.
This was a game the Bears should have won. Detroit is feeling the pressure of trying to hold onto that number one spot. I don't think there is any team left in the NFC that is not beatable. But what Eberflus did in this game is inexcusable. Of course, as a Packers fan, I don't mind a little help from the enemy. But leave it to the Bears to be DA Bears.....
At least Ohio State no longer holds the 2024 record for worst clock management. (They still have the collegiate record)😂
The Bears players werent set, they werent hurrying up. Either let your players know before the call or get the timeout out there
Vegan called and said
Detroit needs one at home 🏠🏡
If he weren't a passive aggression coward, he'd have been said fxck a FG.. We're going to win this game.
Really bad but there have been tons of bad clock management coaching over the years.
That coach shouldn’t have been allowed on the plane ride home.
Six seconds is nowhere enough time to get the kicking team on and the offense off the field.