Bears-Browns: Breaking Down Chicago's Final Preseason Game

At the end of the Bears' final preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, the Bears came out the winners. The won 16-10 and held the Browns to zero points in the second half. But, Head Coach Lovie Smith had this to say about his defense: "I'm disappointed." "The plan was to get a couple of three-and-outs and then take the players out, but it didn't turn out that way. We didn't play well. Believe me, if we could put our finger on it, we would have done something about it before now. We've got a little bit more time to get it right." "We haven't played well. That is all you can say about it. We have not made all the effort we need to play well. All the things that go into playing well, we haven't done. Once we get all our guys going, I feel we will have a very strong defense." Starting CB Charles Tillman was asked about the D's bad play this preseason, and he said, "If I had an answer, I'd tell you right now, we have to get this cleaned up." Keep in mind that the Bears did rest two key ... (link)