He expressed pride in the effort by the players in the season-ending
loss at Minnesota. He acknowledged again the frustration of persistent
failures. He even said he expects to return in 2015.
But another off day by the offence didnt do Trestmans resume any
favours.
Teddy Bridgewater threw the go-ahead 44-yard touchdown pass to Adam
Thielen in the third quarter, guiding the Vikings to a 13-9 victory on
Sunday to put one more blemish on a forgettable year for the Bears.
My plan is to continue to finalize my notes now that the season is over
and make sure that when the opportunity arises Ill be able to explain
how to fix this thing, Trestman said, because we have to get better.
That much is true for the Bears (5-11), who finished with their worst
record in 10 years. Trestmans status was much murkier.
All I know right now is weve got a meeting tomorrow at 11 oclock with
the team, and well move forward from there, Trestman said.
Jay Cutler returned from a one-game benching with 172 yards on 23-for-36
passing without a fumble or an interception, but he rarely threw long
and the offence managed only 264 yards behind a series of unforced
errors. The Bears had eight penalties for 50 yards.
Cutler, for his part, spoke to the uncertainty surrounding not only the
coaching staff but his own status.
Its part of the game. Thats kind of how it is. Id like to be back. I
said that a couple weeks ago. But whatever happens, well deal with it
then and make plans accordingly, said Cutler, who finished turnover-free
for only the third time in 15 games this season.
Blair Walsh kicked two field goals and backup Audie Cole had 14 total
tackles for the Vikings (7-9), who ended coach Mike Zimmers first year
on a winning note.
After the Vikings drove to the 3-yard line late in the game, Matt Asiata
was stuffed for no gain on the same play on both third-and-1 and
fourth-and-1 to give Cutler and the Bears one last opportunity with 2:53
left and a four-point deficit.
They bungled it, metaphorically for this mess of a season. Three flags,
including two false starts, plus an incompletion doomed the drive.
We all regressed. I regressed. Our offence regressed dramatically for a
number of reasons, Trestman said.
Alshon Jeffery had only two catches for 34 yards after totalling 23
receptions, 384 yards and three touchdowns over the past two games
against the Vikings. Without Brandon Marshall to attract attention
elsewhere, the Vikings led by cornerback Xavier Rhodes had Jeffery well
under control.
The bright spot for the Bears? Matt Forte had eight receptions, giving
him an NFL-running-back-record 102 for the season to pass Larry Centers.
Forte, with a modest 51 yards on 17 carries, also topped the 1,000-yard
rushing mark for the fifth time in seven years.
Forte deferred credit to his teammates, reluctant to express excitement
about the record given the circumstances. He affirmed a question
afterward about whether the offence became too predictable.
Sometimes we would line up in a formation that we had run a specific
play out of a few more times than we should have. Defences are smart.
They watch film, they read their keys and they know stuff like that,
Forte said.
Kyle Fuller reached the end zone with an interception return early in
the third quarter, but the replay revealed his knee was down at the
9-yard line.
That was the second of three touchdowns, two by the Bears, overruled by
an official review. The Bears had to settle for the second of three
field goals by Jay Feely, who later missed a 43-yard try.
Then Bridgewater was in a rhythm, connecting with Thielen for 22 yards
and finding him wide open for the score on the ensuing play and a 10-6
lead when he beat Fuller and safety Brock Vereen was too late to help
during a miscommunicated coverage.
NOTES: Forte took the record from Larry Centers, who had 101 catches for
Arizona in 1995. Forte also topped 1,000-yard rushing mark for the
fifth time in seven years. ... Cole had an interception negated by an
offside penalty on Corey Wootton, who spent the past four seasons with
the Bears.
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while driving a rented Porsche.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Chip Ganassi
bristles when his No. 02 team is called the star car.Truth is, the
moniker couldnt be more appropriate right now.Ganassis all-star driver
lineup of three-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, Daytona 500 winner
Jamie McMurray, Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan and NASCARs reigning
top rookie Kyle Larson won the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona on
Sunday to give the team owner his record-setting sixth victory in 12
attempts.Ganassi made it clear he doesnt endorse the star car nickname,
and he and team manager could pick their eight drivers names out of a
hat to set the vaunted two-car lineup.I dont know who named it, but I
dont approve of that name, he said. Thats like any other car on our
team.It didnt look like any other, team, though as Dixon drove a gritty
and lengthy final leg Sunday as his three teammates confidently believed
hed pull out the win.Dixon relieved Larson with 3 hours, 32 minutes
remaining in the twice-round-the-clock endurance race, and set out to
conserve fuel, make no mistakes and follow the Ganassi strategy down to
the checkered flag.The Iceman delivered, and made it look easy, too.He
totalled more than seven hours behind the wheel of the Target/Ford
EcoBoost Riley Prototype and carried the heaviest load on the team.We
had such a good group of guys driving, an awesome team, McMurray said.
Its about Scott Dixon to me. Its really hard to appreciate the talent
that guys have from other series until you race with them, and its crazy
the pace that Scott is able to have in the car. Its so much fun to sit
up there and watch it.It was the second win for Dixon, who was part of
the 2006 victory with Casey Mears and Dan Wheldon.After picking up his
second watch, the New Zealander downplayed his role.The car was very
consistent, and I think we had good speed, but everybody pulled their
weight, he said. Everybody did what they needed to do, and thats what
gets you through this 24 hours. Everybody kept the car in one piece.I
cant emphasize how big of a team effort it is. Its not one person that
ever wins this race. Its everybody involved, and this weekend everybody
on the 02 team did their best job, and that was obviously enough to get
the victory.It was the first Rolex win for McMurray, Kanaan and Larson,
who felt he was so underwhelming in his debut last season that he let
his team downn and never wanted to return to the sports car race. Womens Manti Teo Jersey. Instead, he drove his own impressive three-plus hour stint in the
middle of the night, then put together a brief but error-free run Sunday
morning to get the team into the time window to turn the car over to
Dixon.Its crazy how much a year can do. I hated this race last year. I
was terrible, Larson said.McMurray joined AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti as
the only drivers to win the Daytona 500 and the Rolex, while Kanaan
joined a limited list of drivers to win both Indy and the 24 Hours.Its
awesome, man. I love watches, Kanaan said. I always bought them, so Ive
finally got one for free today.Ganassi beat defending race winner Action
Express Racing, which was driven by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi
and Sebastien Bourdais, by 1.33 seconds.Wayne Taylor Racing, runner-up
the last two years, lost a shot to challenge Dixon when it realized
under a caution with 20 minutes remaining that Jordan Taylor had
exceeded his allotted time allowed in the car. He was forced to pit from
second to let older brother Ricky Taylor close out the final 9 minutes
of the race.Its a bit disappointing, but we win and lose as a team, said
Taylor.Ganassis other entry, the No. 01 led by five-time winner Scott
Pruett, was in the mix for the victory until the clutch broke and the
team was forced to retire with under two hours remaining.Corvette Racing
won the GT Le Mans class with drivers Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and
Ryan Briscoe.PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports won the Prototype Challenge
class with drivers Mike Guasch, Andrew Novich, Andrew Palmer and Tom
Kimber-Smith. It appeared that CORE Autosport had that win locked up
until Colin Brauns fiery crash with roughly 20 minutes remaining brought
out the final caution and ended what seemed an easy victory.CORE
Autosports owner Jon Bennett could only shrug.We did 23 hours and 46
minutes very successfully, he said. I think we had small contact with
another car, which caused Colin to have a tire going down. We were
trying to get back, we didnt a splash of gas, anyway. Thats how racing
is, I love it.The GT Daytona class was won by Riley Motorsports and
drivers Ben Keating, Dominik Fambacher, Al Carter, Kuno Wittmer and
Cameron Lawrence. Keating, who is a Dodge Viper car dealer and driver
for the SRT team, choked back tears after the win.
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