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Cole Kmet: Failed Hail Mary ‘not the play we should be harping on’

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Bears receiver Darnell Mooney sits on the field after a Hail Mary fell incomplete Sunday.

The Bears aren’t blaming Darnell Mooney for their loss Sunday, even though the quarterback had a chance to make an amazing catch on a tipped Hail Mary as time expired.

“If that’s the play you’re pointing to, that’s not the play we should be harping on — and we didn’t,” tight end Cole Kmet said one day after the Bears’ 20-17 loss to the Browns in Cleveland. “I can understand why as a fan you’d be upset because it looked like it was there and all that, but there were plenty of opportunities throughout the game for us to make things happen and we weren’t able to do that.