TAMPA – A game in which an opponent scores 36 points should have reflected a defensive disaster but the Bears were not one, save for a small handful of cataclysmic plays. Two, actually, the missed sack by rookie Leonard Floyd and Willie Young on the third play of the second half, and a coverage slip-up one play later for a 43-yard touchdown. Both occurred when the Bears had game momentum within their reach.
“We come back out [in the second half] and they go right down and score on us,” said coach John Fox.
The Bears limited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to 2.