Chicago Bears Defenseless Against Cedric Benson and Cincinnati Bengals

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Published: October 25, 2009

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... played without their once dominant, now perpetually convalescing defensive tackle, and made him look good by producing their worst defensive effort since Lovie Smith became coach in a 45-10 loss Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals.

This was ugly. It wasn’t Patriots-Titans ugly, but it was ugly none-the-less.

“Early on it was just for some reason one of those games where we started slow,” said defensive end Adewale Ogunleye.

Starting slow has been a problem all year for the defense. Staying slow became the problem Sunday.

The Bengals rolled to 448 yards.

“It was a total breakdown by us. But you move on,” coach Lovie Smith said. “Experience teaches you a lot. I have been through this situation before. We lost 45-0 and came back and played for the championship that year.”

That was when he coached with Tampa Bay. This Bears' defense is neither Tampa Bay’s of 1999 nor the Bears' defense that went to Super Bowl XLI. It’s not even th...

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