Q. One of the things you pointed out following last Sunday's game was that after each of the two turnovers, the Bears took advantage and drove 50 yards and then 54 yards for touchdowns each time. What are reasonable expectations for the defense in those situations, and what makes for good "sudden-change defense?"

A. Smiling in the face of adversity is something that great defenses do, and we challenge our defense to do it routinely. Certainly, we don't want to be in that circumstance a lot. We want to protect and preserve and safeguard the ball, but in those specific instances, a field goal or less is the agenda. That's how you put the fire out. Obviously, we weren't able to do that, and it was a significant component of the game. They were able to put the fire out. We recovered a fumble

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