MINNEAPOLIS - Marc Trestman wouldnt acknowledge the widespread belief he wont be back as coach of the Chicago Bears.
Jason Witten Cowboys Jersey . 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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because of injuries. Bjorn is No. 23 in the world. He was the 54-hole leader at
the BMW PGA Championship in England two weeks ago, then faded to finish two
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Sterne was replaced by Scott Langley, the first alternate from the sectional
qualifying site in Memphis, Tennessee. The U.S. Open is June 12-15 at Pinehurst
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