Everyone thinks of Bears coach Matt Eberflus missed the opportunity sending Thursday’s game against the Lions into overtime.

Everyone except Bears coach Matt Eberflus.

In his postgame press conference, Eberflus defended the disastrous time management that prevented the Bears from scoring a game-winning field goal.

“I like what we did there,” Eberflus said when asked how he should have handled the final seconds of the game. “I think we handled it right.”

No, Matt. You didn’t do that. And everyone knows it.

It was one of the worst examples of clock management in NFL history. And that’s no exaggeration.

The Bears have never fired a head coach during the season. Handling the end of Thursday’s game is a punishable offense. Eberflus’ stubborn refusal to admit the mistake makes it all the more necessary to get him out and bring in someone else.

That sounds harsh, I know. But professional football at the highest level is relentless. If a coach approaches a game in a way that makes him seem unsuited to the job, there are plenty of other qualified candidates who should be given the chance to try out.

Eberflus was asked about his job security.

“This is the NFL,” Eberflus said. “I know where it is. And I’m just going to do my best, get to work and keep grinding. So that’s what we do.”

Does he expect to remain head coach this week?

“Like I said, I’m just going to keep grinding and working and that’s what I do.”

What he did today was supposed to be to get Bears management to do what they’ve never done before – fire a coach mid-season.