Bears' Brown denies late-game confusion in loss to Seahawks - ESPN

CHICAGO — One month after clock-management problems against the Detroit Lions led to the firing of coach Matt Eberflus, the Chicago Bears sealed their 10th straight loss when timeout issues and no attempt at a potential tying field goal resulted in a 6-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

Thursday's Seahawks-Bears matchup was one of two NFL games this season without a touchdown. Chicago totaled 179 yards of offense, its fourth-lowest output in 2024, and managed only a field goal in its final home game of the season.

Similar to how the Bears' loss to the Lions played out on Thanksgiving Day, Chicago trailed by three entering its final drive. The Bears took possession with 5 minutes, 12 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter at their 11-yard line with all three timeouts.

Chicago ran six plays before facing fourth-and-inches from its 39-yard line when left guard Jake Curhan, who started in place of injured Teven Jenkins (calf), was flagged for a false start.

The Bears were in punt formation when interim head coach Thomas Brown utilized his team's first timeout with 2:14 left. A situation that appeared to be the result of confusion on the sideline was a byproduct of Brown deciding to be more aggressive.

«It wasn't confusion at all,» Brown said. «I just changed my mind. I think being able to use [punter] Tory [Taylor] as a weapon, and we still had I think it was 2:16 on the clock, still had our three timeouts, plus the two-minute warning. The way our defense had been playing all day, possibly have a chance to go flip the field and force the three-and-out, get a shorter field and have, like, a last end-of-the-game drive. That was my thought process.

»Over the course of that, I changed my mind and said, 'Let's go for it now,' and