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The Chicago Bears are attempting to get out of their very own distress.
Final 12 months’s 6-11 season was fairly disappointing — particularly since they did not have their very own first-round decide, so the Bears rehauled nearly every little thing they may.
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Head coach Matt Eberflus of the Chicago Bears appears on in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs throughout the preseason sport at Soldier Area in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2022.
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They introduced in a brand new normal supervisor in Ryan Poles, who was the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ government director of participant personnel final 12 months. He introduced in Matt Eberflus, who had been the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive coordinator since 2018.
That is Eberflus’ first head teaching gig, and whereas the Bears aren’t on anybody’s radar, the 52-year-old goes to take all of it on this upcoming Sunday.
“It is at all times particular once you do one thing for the primary time, you are calling a protection within the NFL for the primary time, or again after I referred to as it in school manner again when, or once you step into a brand new position as the top soccer coach,” Eberflus stated Monday.
Eberflus has had many stops in an extended profession — his profession began when he was a scholar assistant on the College of Toledo in 1992, and he did not make an NFL teaching workers till the Cleveland Browns employed him as a linebackers coach in 2009.
Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus walks the sideline throughout the preseason sport in opposition to the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland on Aug. 27, 2022.
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“It is a part of the journey,” he stated. “It is a part of your story that you simply’re writing, that you simply assist write with all people else that is serving to you. And also you actually mirror on that as you go.”
It has been a tough go in Chicago — they’ve made the playoffs simply twice for the reason that 2010 season, and so they have not received a Tremendous Bowl since 1985.
However together with the new-look entrance workplace and training workers, they drafted Justin Fields at No. 11 final 12 months, a quarterback who they really feel can take them to the promised land.
Third-year huge receiver Darnell Mooney is seeking to take one other step, and second-year tight finish Cole Kmet, too, is hoping for a breakout season. David Montgomery has additionally been one of the crucial productive operating backs since he entered the league in 2019.
Head coach Matt Eberflus of the Chicago Bears appears on in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs throughout the preseason sport at Soldier Area in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2022.
(Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures)
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The Bears open up the season at residence in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers, who had been one win away from making their second Tremendous Bowl in three seasons.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
