Matt Eberflus doesn’t really have a rival in coaching, but he’s about to find one in Matt LaFleur.
When Eberflus takes the Bears to Lambeau Field on Sunday, it’ll be the beginning of a long-term chess match between the two head coaches. LaFleur’s dominance of Matt Nagy — a 6-0 record and 75-point scoring differential — was one of the reasons this job was open for Eberflus.
He said this week the Packers never came up in his interviews with Bears chairman George McCaskey, but it’s so obvious that it didn’t need to be stated. It’s imperative that theBears catchup to the Packers, and between LaFleur and quarterback Aaron Rodgers, that’s going to be difficult.