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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mark Potash

EXPLAINED: Bears shoddy defense reaching a breaking point | Vintage Vibes

Bears safety Eddie Jackson (4) fends off a stiff-arm by Lions wide receiver Tom Kennedy on Kennedy’s 44-yard gain to the Bears’ 14-yard line on a third-and-eight play in the fourth quarter Sunday. The Lions scored the winning touchdown two plays later. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams seemed to sense a chance to put the hammer down with a 14-point lead early in the fourth quarter Sunday against the Lions.

On first-and-10 at the Lions’ 45, Williams sent cornerback Kyler Gordon on a blitz, and it nearly worked. But Lions quarterback Jared Goff escaped the sack and ran toward the right sideline. Gordon turned around and did what he was coached to do: hustle back to try to make something happen.

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