INDIANAPOLIS — Even with three decades of experience before the Bears hired him, Matt Eberflus still is learning on the job as a relatively new head coach. That means his approach to preseason games, practice schedules and other things likely will keep evolving as he establishes himself.
Eberflus tacitly acknowledged that leading up to his team’s 24-17 loss to the Colts in a preseason game Saturday, when he sat almost all of his starters on the grounds that they had gotten game-like work during two joint practices with the Colts. This might not happen every year, he said.
