Matt Eberflus' Rank Among Coaches Fails to Follow Betting Odds
![Matt Eberflus presides over Bears warmups during minicamp. Eberflus remains one of the coach of the year betting favorites. Matt Eberflus presides over Bears warmups during minicamp. Eberflus remains one of the coach of the year betting favorites.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4236,h_2382,x_0,y_441/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/bear_digest/01j2jeffqwybbk0gt2km.jpg)
Bears coach Matt Eberflus is getting far more respect from Vegas oddsmakers and bettors than he is from national media.
Eberflus remains one of the favorites with bettors to win NFL coach of the year honors.
DraftKing still has him as favorite to win and the odds are now at +800. Fanduel.com has him with second-best chance to win it, tied with Atlanta's Raheem Morris at +1000 and trailing only favorite Jim Harbaugh at +900.
However, CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin has posted the website's annual ranking of all coaches out ahead of the start of training camps and it's falling right in line with some of the other coach rankings on the internet.
Eberflus is ranked only the 26th best coach in the NFL by Benjamin.
Matt Eberflus with a great answer on why Caleb Williams is only going up against the first team defense.
— Dave (@dave_bfr) June 6, 2024
Absolutely love this. pic.twitter.com/GTt5KBaso6
"Perhaps no coach will benefit more from a personnel overhaul in 2024, with Caleb Williams and a trove of proven weapons coming aboard this offseason," Benjamin wrote. "Chicago is also betting on Eberflus' recent returns as a defensive mind. After an ugly one-and-a-half years that included in-season staff turnover and mercurial offense, his "D" finally came to life late in 2023, threatening a wild-card push."
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If they're threatening a wild-card push, why is Eberflus ranked so poorly?
Could Matt Eberflus be the reason the Bears miss the playoffs this season?@Jasonfitz and @YahooSchwab discuss 👀 pic.twitter.com/XE0HSW35Zs
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) July 10, 2024
Eberflus is ranked well behind every other coach in the NFC North. The worst ranking by any of the NFC North coaches is 12th by Minnesota's Kevin O'Connell.
Eberflus is ranked behind first-year Panthers coach Dave Canales, first-year Panthers coach Mike MacDonald and veteran Raheem Morris, who has a 21-38 record in three years as a head coach with Tampa Bay.
RIP to Coach Kiffin. A few years back, he generously gave me his time — and would’ve given me much more, I’m sure — to chat about the evolution of the Tampa 2 defense and his thoughts on Bears head coach Matt Eberflus. A true legend. https://t.co/bVaWEn8mRM
— Andrew Walker (@AWalkerColts) July 11, 2024
At least he is rated by Benjamin head of Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon (27th), Raiders coach Antonio Pierce (28th), Jets coach Robert Saleh (29th), Titans first-year coach Brian Callahan (30th), Patriot first-year coach Jerod Mayo (31st) and Saints coach Dennis Allen (32nd).
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Matt Eberflus is the betting favorite to win Coach of the Year. https://t.co/fW3L9L15kr
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 7, 2024
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