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Struggling Bears defense recovers swiftly

Bears defensive end Akiem Hicks has been around long enough to know that no matter how good he is, no matter how good the Bears’ defense is, he is still at the whim of the NFL’s fickle finger of fate.

“The game of football is pretty wild, man,” Hicks said when asked about D’Andre Swift’s drop of a sure touchdown pass in the final seconds of a 27-23 victory over the Lions on Sunday at Ford Field.

“There are thing that happen, and you don’t have any control over and maybe you’re just in a bad situation or you lost a rep and stuff happens.