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Will Fuller touchdown leaves Bears defense grasping for answers
Dan Wiederer Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Danny Trevathan wished he had a better answer. The Bears inside linebacker stood in front of his locker Sunday still bothered by the Texans' go-ahead touchdown, an 18-yard catch-and-run by Will Fuller on a wide receiver screen with 12 minutes, 44 seconds left in the Bears' 23-14 loss.
"I knew that was going to come one of these (drives) down in the red zone," Trevathan said. "We were just in the wrong call for the play. But we're not going to get every perfect call. So we have to make a play there."
Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler said he checked to the screen late in the play clock as he assessed the Bears defense and saw an alignment he could exploit. Fuller caught the pass at the 22, then slithered across the field to his right and into the end zone.
Inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman was pushed down from behind by center Greg Mancz as he closed in on Fuller (five catches, 107 yards). Freeman's spill also managed to trip up outside linebacker Willie Young.
"You still have to make the play," Freeman said. "We have to keep making him cut it back to the next guy and then just get to the ball."
Added Trevathan, who was pancaked early in the play: "Basically, you have to break and react. Everybody has to fly to the ball. And you have to keep your leverage so you can push him inside or outside and then everybody can gather up and make the tackle around the ball."
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Dan Wiederer Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Danny Trevathan wished he had a better answer. The Bears inside linebacker stood in front of his locker Sunday still bothered by the Texans' go-ahead touchdown, an 18-yard catch-and-run by Will Fuller on a wide receiver screen with 12 minutes, 44 seconds left in the Bears' 23-14 loss.
"I knew that was going to come one of these (drives) down in the red zone," Trevathan said. "We were just in the wrong call for the play. But we're not going to get every perfect call. So we have to make a play there."
Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler said he checked to the screen late in the play clock as he assessed the Bears defense and saw an alignment he could exploit. Fuller caught the pass at the 22, then slithered across the field to his right and into the end zone.
Inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman was pushed down from behind by center Greg Mancz as he closed in on Fuller (five catches, 107 yards). Freeman's spill also managed to trip up outside linebacker Willie Young.
"You still have to make the play," Freeman said. "We have to keep making him cut it back to the next guy and then just get to the ball."
Added Trevathan, who was pancaked early in the play: "Basically, you have to break and react. Everybody has to fly to the ball. And you have to keep your leverage so you can push him inside or outside and then everybody can gather up and make the tackle around the ball."
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