The ESPN trio Louis Riddick, Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Clark called it.

All three said Bears head coach Eberflus should be fired after Chicago ruined its time management in a 23-20 road loss to the Lions on Thanksgiving, then heard him say he liked how his team handled the final seconds .

The Bears ultimately fired Eberflus on Friday morning.

“You don’t deserve to say crap like that in the role of head coach. Embarrassing,” Riddick wrote on X, including Eberflus’ post-game comments.

Trailing by three in the final minute on Thursday, the Bears had a chance to tie the game in the final minute. They let the clock drop from 32 seconds to six seconds and still had a timeout while at the Lions’ 41-yard line before quarterback Caleb Williams fired an incomplete pass to Rome Odunze as time expired .

After Chicago’s sixth straight loss, Eberflus said, “I like what we did there” and took no responsibility for leaving his quarterback in limbo without a huddle.

“I think we handled it right. .. It didn’t work out the way we wanted,” Eberflus added.

During the Friday episode of “First Take” before Eberflus’ firing, Smith said the Bears should have fired the embattled coach when the team landed in Chicago.

ESPN personality Ryan Clark called it a “fireproof finish” for Eberflus on “Get Up” Friday.

“For me, (Eberflus) absolutely sealed the deal … on whether or not he should continue to be the head coach of this team in the future,” Clark said.

The Bears’ chances of pulling off an upset faded after Williams was sacked with about 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter at Ford Field.

Instead of calling a timeout for a quick play call with a 59-yard field goal looming, the Bears let time expire and Williams appeared to panic before throwing a deep, incomplete pass to end the game .

“In this situation, I live with the decision and let the coaches make that decision,” Williams said in his postgame press conference. “Maybe in the later years of my career (he may be taking some time off himself) I’ll get the call and try to lead my team to victory.”

The Bears actually had Eberflus lead a press conference on the Friday before his exit, and he said he met with Bears president Kevin Warren and GM Ryan Poles after Thursday’s game for their normal postgame debriefing and would meet again on Friday afternoon meet them.

Eberflus said he is focused on the Bears’ next game against San Francisco.

According to ESPN, he was then asked twice if he expected to coach that game.

Regarding his future with the Bears, Eberflus responded: “Operations were normal.”

Eberflus finished his tenure as Bears head coach at 14-32.

Chicago will face the 49ers (5-6) in San Francisco on Dec. 8, with offensive coordinator Thomas Brown serving as interim coach.