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Asked what he wanted to see from the Bears’ defense in the final two games of a disappointing season, defensive coordinator Eric Washington’s first response said it all.
“I want us to not have self-inflicted situations,” Washington said, later expounding, “Just making sure that we stay out of our way; the execution is flawless; that we don’t have issues with pre-snap. We saw that play out last week on the fourth-down-and-one.”
Washington was referring to defensive end Austin Booker jumping the snap for a neutral zone infraction on a fourth-and-one with 2:02 left in the first half that gave the Lions a first down.