There was an odd scene at the end of the Bears’ 20-19 victory over the Buccaneers on Thursday night. The Bears’ sideline erupted in celebration and sent the offense onto the field after stopping the Buccaneers on fourth-and-6 with 38 seconds left, but Bucs quarterback Tom Brady looked confused and held up four fingers as though he was expecting the next play to be fourth down.
He admitted later he was preoccupied by how far the Bucs needed to get in order to try a field goal and lost track of the downs.
“I knew we needed a chunk and I was thinking about more yardage and then, you know, it was just bad execution,” he said.