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DETROIT — The Bears are a punchline yet again, and the sports media world feasted on coach Matt Eberflus’ mismanagement at the end of their 23-20 loss to the Lions on Thursday.
As the clock wound down and the Bears tried to tie or win the game, it ended on an incomplete pass from rookie quarterback Caleb Williams as time expired. Eberflus allowed the clock to wind from 32 seconds to six between plays and left the game with one timeout unused.
“In 70 years of coaching, I’ve never seen dysfunction that cost a team an opportunity to win the game,” Johnson said on the Fox studio show after the game.