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A brutal loss, volatile locker room and weird Zoom: Inside the Bears' firing of Matt Eberflus

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Head coach Matt Eberflus was fired after a 23 -20 loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving .

The Bears had fought back from a 16 -0 halftime deficit, but time ran out on their final drive.

Head coach was the first head coach in franchise history to be fired during a season .

"We need to be better," team president and CEO Kevin Warren told Bears players, a source says.

Head coach Eberflus had hoped to run a play that would have gone to Kmet or Rome Odunze with 18 seconds remaining.

But no timeout was called, a decision that left players stunned.

"There's a system that's broke and wasn't fixed," a team source says.

Thomas Brown is promoted from interim offensive coordinator to interim head coach.

Brown will continue to call plays and transition from the coaches booth to the sideline.

Brown replaced the fired Shane Waldron on Nov. 12 , and Williams has thrown five touchdowns over the past two games.

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