While Eberflus gutlessly blames his players for the defeat before later offering up a nonsense explanation of his Hail Mary strategy, superstar cornerback Jaylon Johnson elected to take the high road instead of throwing one of his teammates under the bus.

The Chicago Bears were two plays away from taking a major step forward amid their rebuild. Instead they’re the laughing stock of the NFL on Monday. At this point their busted coverage on the game’s final Hail Mary has been seen thousands of times,

And maybe Eberflus proves to be just that. If he does, he will have to overcome — quickly — Sunday’s late-game coaching and team execution meltdown that didn’t just lead to an 18-15 loss to Washington and didn’t just drop the Bears to 4-3 on the season, but has the potential to linger in the locker room and define the season.