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Tyrique Stevenson Offers Apology for Behavior on Hail Mary

The Bears cornerback was busy taunting fans for the first half of the Hail Mary play that led to the 18-15 loss to Washington.

Gene Chamberlain

Noah Brown awaits the tipped ball that Tyrique Stevenson had his hand on during the Hail Mary pass to win it for Washington.
Noah Brown awaits the tipped ball that Tyrique Stevenson had his hand on during the Hail Mary pass to win it for Washington. / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
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Tyrique Stevenson issued an apology to Bears fans for taunting Commanders fans at the start of the final play, before actually tipping the pass on Washington's game-winning Hail Mary to receiver Noah Brown.

The play capped what was largely a bad day for the Bears in their 18-15 loss, and Stevenson's thoughtless behavior, along with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he had earlier in the game, made the apology seem a bit insufficient.


He probably owes them a few interceptions at some point in the future.

The other downer for the Bears was the lengthy injury list coming out of the game.

Teven Jenkins and Braxton Jones suffered knee injuries and Bill Murray had a pectoral injury while Montez Sweat suffered a shin injury.

"With all the offensive linemen that we had in and out of there, I thought the guys battled in there," coach Matt Eberflus said. "The pocket was firmer in the second half, was good."

Eberflus said he didn't have an idea on the severity of the injuries. The Bears finished with Kiran Amegadjie playing left tackle for Jones. Backup center Doug Kramer had to play guard because of the injuries to Jenkins and Murray.

The Bears have tackle Larry Borom and guard Ryan Bates who could come off of injured reserve for the next game.

Sweat wasn't on the field for the final game rushing on the Hail Mary after suffering his injury.

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.