First-year head coach Matt Eberflus hasn’t had the most exciting start to his career with the Chicago Bears in 2022, but a Week 16 win against the Buffalo Bills would certainly be an impressive feather to add to his cap. His team is 3-11 to this point in the season, and matchup up against an 11-3 juggernaut that controls its own destiny to the AFC’s top seed, he will need nothing short of a miracle to secure Chicago its fourth win of the season on Sunday.
But Eberflus has historically found success against Buffalo and should look to build on his outstanding resume against the Bills in this game. He has a career record of 4-3 against the team as an assistant. One of his losses was in the playoffs as a member of the Indianapolis Colts coaching staff in 2022, which pushes his regular season head-to-head record to 4-2.
Granted, these numbers weren’t entirely a product of Eberflus’ stellar coaching abilities, but they do give an indication that he has been a part of staffs that put together solid game plans against the Bills. Buffalo has been to the playoffs every year since 2019 and went to the AFC championship game in 2020 when they beat the Eberflus and the Colts in an elimination game.
Try as he might, the outlook for Eberflus’ chances of success at advancing his regular season record against the Bills to 5-2 are slim, and he will likely be lucky to get his team in a position to keep the game competitive past the first quarter. Buffalo’s offense is among the league’s most explosive, and with a rock-solid bend-don’t-break defense on the other side of the ball, it is no wonder that the Bills are among the league’s favorites to compete for a Super Bowl title this season.
Eberflus should be determined successful for his efforts if the final score of this game ends with a margin of loss within 10 points.