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Answering the Bears’ biggest questions on the bye week, with 5 games left

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Eberflus has the defense playing better, but the Bears are still 7-22 under him.

With the Bears on their bye week, they’ll return for a five-game stretch to finish the season that could dictate their future. General manager Ryan Poles, coach Matt Eberflus, quarterback Justin Fields and others have a ton riding on this. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Jason Lieser, Patrick Finley and Mark Potash break down what’s at stake:

How can Eberflus prove he deserves another year?
Lieser: By intervening in the offense. It’s great that he’s showing so much creativity and getting good results as the defensive play caller, but that just makes him a good defensive coordinator.