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Bears LB T.J. Edwards says loss to Lions, Matt Eberflus' firing 'shocking'

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Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards was “shocked” by how his team lost last week against the Lions, as well as the team breaking from its century-plus tradition of not firing a head coach in-season by dismissing Matt Eberflus the next day.

“We scrapped and clawed all the way back ... the offense gave us a chance to win,” he said Tuesday on 670 The Score’s Bernstein and Harris Show. “I don’t know necessarily what happened with the communication. I was watching like everyone else.