Thomas Brown has emerged as a bright spot on the Chicago Bears coaching staff in the last three weeks during the roughest points of a turbulent season. Now the Bears will see if he can make an even larger impact with his direct nature as the interim head coach.

After the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus, here's what the team is planning to do for the remaining five games of the season.

If Thomas Brown can do enough to retain the Bears head coaching job or even produce a winning record the rest of the season he'll be bucking a major NFL trend.