1st-and-10: Matt Eberflus' seat not as hot as you think

Bears coach Matt Eberflus enters the 2024 regular season as the co-favorite (+800) with the Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh for the NFL Coach of the Year Award. And at the same time, he’s tied with the Jets’ Robert Saleh for the third on the board (+700) to be the first coach fired this season.

For Eberflus, that’s life in the NFL. But the reality is that he’s a better bet to win the Coach of the Year Award than he is to be the first coach fired. Or fired at all.

Even with a 10-24 record in two seasons as the Bears’ head coach...