Bears HC Matt Eberflus shockingly defended one of the worst play-calling decisions OC Shane Waldron made in Week 8

The Chicago Bears suffered a heart-breaking loss on Sunday against the Washington Commanders after giving up a Hail Mary touchdown on the final play of the game.

However, the Bears should be lucky it even came down to the last play in general.

The Bears were heavily out-played and out-coached in the Week 8 loss and one play call in particular was inexcusable by offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. Yet, after the loss, head coach Matt Eberflus still came to his play-caller's defense.

The play occurred with less than seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter with the Bears down 12-7. Up until that drive, the Bears' offense struggled to move the ball and sustain drives, outside of a 56-yard touchdown run by D'Andre Swift.

On the play, the Bears had the ball on the one-yard line about to score on third-and-goal. The Bears went into the heavy set with offensive lineman Doug Kramer Jr. reporting into the game at full back. It's been a successful package for the offense over the previous three games to help power the running back into the end zone.

Instead, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams handed the ball directly to Kramer, who coughed it up for a fumble recovered by the Commanders on the three-yard-line. It was an absurd call to see at this point in the game when you know powering it in with an actual running back has worked multiple times in previous games.

Here's what the team's head coach had to say about the call after the game:

"It's a play we've worked," Eberflus said . "We worked that play since [Kramer's] been in there. We worked it, worked the mechanics of the handoff to him, and we just have to do it better. You're on the one-yard-line and you got a big guy getting the ball, we've practiced it a lot."

You can practice that play all you want to, but in a game-like situation where you need a score to get back in the game, you can't trust the ball into the hands of an offensive lineman. That's just poor decision-making.

I do understand the thought process though. Since Week 4, the Bears have scored five rushing touchdowns from inside the five-yard-line. I see why an offensive coordinator would want to switch it up, because eventually other teams are going to catch on.

However, going with a fake to the offensive lineman at full back isn't the fake you should be running in any situation. Although, it'd be a great call if it worked.

Based on the play, the best fake would have been to fake the dive to Kramer since all the Commanders' defenders crashed inside and instead toss it outside to running back Roschon Johnson for what would be a potential walk-in touchdown.

The Bears defense still held the Commanders to a three-and-out on the following drive and the offense managed to punch it in for a go-ahead score on the following drive. At the end of the day, it's a bad call because it didn't work and everyone saw it.

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