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That kind of day: Velus Jones good, Cordarrelle Patterson great

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Falcons kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson (84) outraces Bears’ safety Elijah Hicks (37) to the end zone on his record-setting 103-yard kickoff return touchdown Sunday.

ATLANTA — Bears rookie Velus Jones always thinks he’s the best player on any football field with the ball in his hands. And for a while in Sunday’s 27-24 loss to the Falcons, he was.

But only for a while.

Not long after Jones reversed the Falcons’ first-series momentum with a 55-yard kickoff return that set up a Bears touchdown drive — a burst of redemption after being a health scratch the previous two games — Cordarrelle Patterson showed him how it’s done.