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It wasn’t exactly Lions coach Dan Campbell kicking onside with 12 minutes left in a game, but Bears interim coach Thomas Brown showed the world what he thought of his defense two minutes into Monday night’s loss to the Vikings.
He went for it on fourth-and-one from his own 39, handing off to D’Andre Swift, who was stuffed at the line of scrimmage.
The Bears had fourth-and-three-or-less on their half of the field 11 times this season before Monday night’s 30-12 loss to the Vikings. They punted six times. They were trailing in the five other games they went for it, and by a combined 46 points, until Brown decided to get aggressive in a scoreless tie.