Bears Assistants Reveal Matt Eberflus Is Shockingly Similar To Lovie Smith

GM Ryan Poles surprised many people when he selected Matt Eberflus as the Chicago Bears’ new head coach. For one, he was a defensive-minded guy. The team had a young quarterback, Justin Fields, who needed development. Entrusting that to somebody with zero background on that side of the ball felt like a risk. For another, Eberflus had zero previous head coaching experience. Poles passed over someone like Dan Quinn, who’d taken Atlanta to a Super Bowl, to hire the man.

When asked, the...