Then one foggy Christmas Eve, a cameraman panned the Soldier Field crowd looking for cheering Bears fans to put on the scoreboard. In the first quarter Sunday against the Cardinals, the camera settled on fans holding signs. Before it could turn away, a fan helped up a sign with three words: “Eberflus gets coal.”
The sign-maker probably wasn’t swayed by Sunday’s 27-16 win, even if it was the coach’s third in four tries and fourth in six. Little the Bears did against a three-win Cardinals team changed what we’ve seen from them the past few months, from inconsistent quarterbacking by Justin Fields to head-scratching short-yardage calls by offensive coordinator Luke Getsy to a surprisingly stout defense.
