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Article: Defense Needs to Step Up // It's Clear to Bears They Have to Start Making Big Plays
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 17, 1995
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Some key ingredients are missing from the Bears defense this
year, things that were the norm for decades. Things such as
turnovers, sacks, goal-line stands, third-down stops.
"We need to get some more big plays," Bears coach Dave Wannstedt
said Monday after reviewing the game film from the Bears' 30-27
victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"They can come a lot of different ways and that would help.
But you don't draw up a defense to give you a big play. That's the
frustrating thing."
It's especially true for a team caught up in a Catch-22 with
big plays. You must gain a high level of confidence to make some big
plays, and you only gain that confidence when the plays are made.
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