Carey scores 2 TDs, Bears beat Bucs 26-21

DISAPPOINTED: Tampa Bay’s Lovie Smith is the third-winningest coach in Bears history, but fell to 0-2 against his former team.

“It feels like a bad dream right now”, Martin said.

“Small-school guy I’ve played against big time guys and I’m not afraid, so I’ve got to do something to make them know that timid out there”. This was a game that was winnable but the Bucs couldn’t get their seventh win of the season.

Gase has been able to divide carries between Matt Forte, Jeremy Langford and even get Ka’deem Carey a few touches.

Undrafted rookies Jonathan Anderson, Harold Jones-Quartey and John Timu all made key defensive plays to help the Bears notch their sixth win of the season over Lovie Smith’s Buccaneers. The win was a positive moment for a Bears’ team that had lost their past three games including two disappointing finishes against the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. “At the end of the day, we didn’t get the job done”.

Both teams have struggled this season, and they both now head into Week 17 at 6-9. “We have to be accountable”, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s National Football League draft said.

Slauson is one of the grinders who has given this team its character and fortitude, a tough and unselfish leader who once again took on emergency duties at center for 10 fourth-quarter snaps when Hroniss Grasu was fighting through a knee injury.

But Jones-Quartey quickly fell into disfavor and didn’t play for three games, including two weeks when he was inactive. The rookie quarterback finished the game completing 15 of 29 passes for 295 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, including four completions for 61 yards to Mike Evans. Cutler threw an interception on a pass that was deflected by Gerald McCoy but the play was ultimately called back because of a facemask penalty. Robbie Gould kicked first-half field goals of 26 and 27 yards, then added a couple of long ones – 49 and 50 yards – after Tampa Bay took the lead early in the second half. “I thought we were prepared, but normally you have a loss when you play like that”.

“I think we’ve made strides”, Fox said.

In the final road game of the 2015, this could be where we learn an terrible lot about this team.

“It’s not the first time we’ve done it all season but any time you have two backs in there is a little bit of misdirection and uncertainty on which back’s getting the ball”, Fox said. He also gained 21 yards on two rushes.

After near-weekly miseries of allowing opposing offenses a first-possession touchdown drive to get warmed up, the Bears’ defense not only finally stopped an opponent’s opening possession without a touchdown but also kept Tampa Bay out of the end zone altogether for the first 33 minutes other than with the help of a blocked punt giving the Bucs the ball at the Chicago 4. Carey isn’t worth much of a fantasy look, and Forte and Langford will be ranked lower because of his presence as well.

Chicago (5-9) has guaranteed themselves a losing season for the second year in a row.