Bears coach Matt Eberflus mocked for 'dumb' comment after Hail Mary debacle

Jayden Daniels calls it God's gift. Mike Greenberg calls it Matt Eberfluss.

Chicago's head coach, after watching his Bears top the Washington Commanders in spectacular fashion on Sunday, told reporters that the immediate game-winning, buzzer-beating Hail Mary “really didn't matter.”

“That's one of the five dumbest things I've ever heard a man say in my entire life, in any context,” Greenberg told the “Get Up” crew Monday morning.

Before the game, a 13-yard out route that set up the game-winning drive mystified analysts as the hosts “got up.”

Damien Woody couldn't put his assessment into words and stared at the ceiling in silent disbelief.

Rex Ryan fumbled his way through the fumble before throwing it to former quarterback Dan Orlovsky.

“Dan, is it easier to throw the ball 50 to 60 yards or 80 yards?” Ryan asks.

Greenberg returns to the conversation before Orlovsky has a chance to respond, although the camera follows Woody, who has risen from his chair and is now walking into the studio.

“If he says these 15 yards don't matter… these 15 yards will cost you every bit as much as a Hail Mary at the end. [did]” Greenberg said.

With six seconds on the clock and Washington backed up to their own 35, Commanders quarterback Daniels hit Terry McLaurin on a short out route to advance the ball almost to midfield.

McLaurin didn't have a defender within 15 yards when he made the catch as the Bears sent four men at the quarterback and sent seven other defenders down the field to prevent a touchdown.

Even with these “prevention” schemes, the “Get Up” crew notes that most units have some defensive presence near the sidelines to make this exact play at least somewhat challenging; Daniels likely wouldn't have been able to reach the end zone on a Hail Mary attempt even at full health, much less while battling a rib injury.

But that 13 yards put the rookie in range and he delivered. The ball traveled 65 yards through the air before landing just short of the goal line, where it bounced back into the arms of Noah Brown, who was standing alone because of a stunning breakdown of the Bears' defense.

The rest, as they say, is history. Greenberg thinks Eberflus should be too.

“If I own the team, and I hear the coach say that after the game, I have serious, serious conversations with people about whether he's qualified to be the head coach of a National Football League team,” he said.

The Bears (4-3) will look to bounce back against the Cardinals next Sunday. The Commanders (6-2) travel to MetLife Stadium to take on the Giants in Week 9.