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Matt Eberflus was a 22-year-old assistant at Toledo when his head coach, Gary Pinkel, stood in front of his players and held a football in the air.
“Guys,” he said, “it’s all about this.”
Thus was born Eberflus’ career-long zeal to win the turnover battle. It was enough to earn him the Bears’ head coaching job — the Colts finished second in takeaways in his four seasons as Colts defensive coordinator — but it wasn’t nearly enough to keep it.