Thomas Brown embraces opportunity — one game at a time

Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown (right) talks to quarterback Caleb Williams (left) prior to the Bears’ game against the Packers on Nov. 17 at Soldier Field. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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For Thomas Brown, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But all he’s thinking about right now is preparing the Bears to play the 49ers on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.

Yeah, right.

Brown already has the coach-speak down in his fourth day as the interim head coach of the Bears after Matt Eberflus was fired on Friday. But nobody’s ultimate job in the NFL is to be the interim head coach.

“Every job I’ve had that’s led me to the future is based on the current work I do. So that’s all I care about,” Brown…