Matt Eberflus head coach and defensive coordinator NBC Sports Chicago [Video]

Matt Eberflus will take over as the Bears defensive coordinator, in addition to performing his regular head coaching duties, when the team takes on the Buccaneers this Sunday. Eberflus announced on Friday that usual defensive coordinator Alan Williams will not travel with the team to Tampa due to a personal reason.

The challenge for Eberflus will be balancing game management as head coach, while running the defense.

“When offense is up it will be normal business with throwing challenge flags and being right there with Luke (Getsy) and the offense,” said Eberflus. “Then when the defense is up I’ll be making the calls. Then when we’re off the field, to make the corrections pretty quick. The guys on the sideline are going to help me do that with the players. Then really from there it’s about setting up the next series, what’s coming the next series for those guys so we can communicate that. From there it’s just …