their advantage.

Despite being cobbled together at the last minute, the Bears’ front did a better job run-blocking than it would appear from the stats. The Bears had 73 yards on 20 rushing attempts, a 3.7-yard average. Starter Jeremy Langford (57 yards on 17 carries, 3.4-yard average) admitted he left some yards on the field, and Fox agreed.

“We blocked up some runs pretty well,” the coach said. “That’s not an easy defense to run against, but I think there were some yards there, yards after contact that we can get, and I’m sure that’s what (Langford) was referring to.”

Much more is expected from wide receiver Kevin White, who was playing his first game in nearly two years. He turned the wrong way on a pass that was intercepted and had 3 catches for 34 yards on seven targets.

But the arrow is pointing up on White, who can learn from his mistakes.

“You’ll just see him get better,” Fox said. “Video is a great teaching tool. On the field (there are) people slapping them upside the head, and they’re tired, and they’re sore.

“(In the classroom) it slows down. It’s air-conditioned. This league’s not about not making mistakes, because you make mistakes.

“You’re not ever 100 percent. But not making the same ones is key.”

Cutler showed his displeasure after the pick by gesturing demonstratively, but the QB hasn’t lost confidence in the virtual rookie. He realizes there will be growing pains.

“We need him,” Cutler said. “He’s going to be fine.”

Fox said there’s nothing wrong with Cutler’s show of emotion.

“It’s an emotional game,” Fox said. “I can’t expect people not to show emotion. I don’t think any of that’s intentional. They’re just all competitors.

“They want good things to happen, and when bad things happen, there’s probably an element of frustration with a lot of people.

“I’m kind of glad you didn’t see my reaction after that play.”

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