MINNEAPOLIS — Since a season-opening loss to the Packers flattened the Bears’ high expectations, it has felt as though coach Matt Eberflus is on the brink, tiptoeing the line at which any rational organization would fire him while losses accumulated and any thought of this team making good on its playoff aspirations vanished quickly.
He didn’t gain any margin Monday. At least he won, but Eberflus’ Bears escaped with an ugly 12-10 win over a meandering Vikings team that was playing with a turnover-prone backup quarterback in Josh Dobbs and without star wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
