3 things that stood out to Matt Eberflus in Week 8 loss

(3) Eberflus detailed what the Bears could have done better on the Hail Mary touchdown pass that enabled the Commanders to win the game as time expired.

With Washington trailing 15-12 at its own 48 with :02 remaining, rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels launched a long pass down the middle of the field. It was deflected by a cluster of players at the 3 back into the waiting arms of receiver Noah Brown in the end zone for a 52-yard touchdown.

“We’ve just got to do a better job of executing on the defensive side of the ball on the Hail Mary,” Eberflus said. “The setup for us is just have a body on a body. We’re picking guys up down the field. We just talked about that in the team meeting. Tyrique [Stevenson] has got to do a good job of putting his body on 85 (Brown) and boxing him out. We know he’s got to do a good job of that. KB (Kevin Byard III) was the guy that was going to knock the ball down. We’ve got to do a good job executing in those critical moments. We’ve executed that play several times. We’ve just got to do a better job in that moment.”

Eberflus explained why he didn’t call a timeout before the Hail Mary.

“From our vantage point, everybody was lined up in the correct position and then we were just ready to go,” he said. “We had already showed those diagrams before. We were ready to go for that play. We had practiced that multiple times a couple times a week and multiple times since we’ve been here. Again, it comes down to wiring into your responsibilities.”