The Chicago Bears will get a head start on their search for a new head coach, but who will be among the prime candidates for the job?

Eberflus spent just seven total weeks above .500 during that time and slowly, but surely, alienated his players following heartbreaking losses that kept piling up. General manager Ryan Poles and team president Kevin Warren had seen enough and decided they couldn't go on like this without a coaching change.

A day after the Chicago Bears dropped their sixth consecutive game — a 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field — the team fired coach Matt Eberflus.