Just a month after some questionable late-game decisions in a Thanksgiving Day game loss to the Detroit Lions resulted in the firing of former Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus, the club was defeated 6-3 on Thursday night by the Seattle Seahawks, and was once again beset by a series of puzzling late-game decisions.
Chicago, trailing by three points with a full complement of timeouts, faced a fourth-and-1 from its own 39-yard-line with 2:14 remaining in the game when the Seahawks utilized a timeout. Fourth-and-1 quickly became fourth-and-6 after the Bears were flagged for a false start, and Bears interim coach Thomas Brown sent out the punting unit, only to call a timeout moments later, even though the clock was already stopped. The Bears' offensive unit then came back out onto the field after the timeout.
