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Valiant Bears’ defense rues fourth-quarter lapse

PHILADELPHIA — It was a simple mistake — one that Danny Trevathan doesn’t make often, but did at the most inopportune time Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

“I just had bad eyes,” Trevathan said. “That’s it.”

The Bears linebacker was caught out of position on a third-and-12 play from the Eagles’ 29-yard line with 4:44 to play — the best opportunity the Bears’ defense had for a stop that would give Mitch Trubisky and a suddenly warmed-up Bears offense a chance to steal a victory.

But Carson Wentz’s perfectly executed screen pass to running back Miles Sanders left Trevathan in no-man’s land and Sanders with room to run.