Matt Eberflus hasn’t been here long, but he’s been here long enough.
Asked whether he uses the near-unanimous predictions of the Bears losing double-digit games this season as motivation, the first-time head coach paused Friday, as if to say that we should know him better than that. For seven months, Eberflus has preached that the Bears should be their own motivators — not the team across the field or anyone making predictions at home.
Depending on whom you ask, the Bears are entering their season opener against the 49ers as either one of the worst teams in the NFL —or the worst team.