Dodge Ball: Chicago Bears, Lovie Smith Like Skipping The Tough Questions

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Published: November 8, 2009

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... insistence that outsiders really do not know their game well enough to accurately point out their failings.

Smith treats criticism of the team by skipping over it and going on to what’s next.

“We’ll go from there,” he likes to say.

The players imitate him. Fans and media almost never get real answers about what’s actually going wrong or even right for that matter.

It’s rather difficult to just skim over Sunday’s 41-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals and move on to the San Francisco 49ers Thursday night, though.

Even players had to admit this time that all the criticism media members gave the team after a 45-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals and a butt-ugly 30-6 win over Cleveland ultimately carried a huge stamp of validity.

"It's like I told people during the week, I wanted that Cincinnati game to be a learning point,” defensive end Adewale Ogunleye said. “It doesn't seem like we took enough notes in that game.

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