Bears accuse Bucs of dirty play

JE · Sep 22, 2008

http://www.bradenton.com/462/story/902575.html

Charles Tillman jumped on the pile, took a swing and got flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the worst possible time for the Chicago Bears.

His teammates believe the referees saw only half the picture.

Still stinging after blowing a 10-point lead in a 27-24 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday, the Bears believe they were victimized as much by dirty play as their own mistakes.

"We saw a lot of the dirty stuff that they were doing, and we retaliated, got caught," Bears receiver Marty Booker said Monday. "It's always the second man."

Not too long ago, the Bears were all smiles after taking the season opener at Indianapolis. Then, they blew a 14-point lead before losing at Carolina and now this.

The Bears (1-2) and Buccaneers already had several skirmishes when this scene unfolded in overtime.
Tampa Bay had third-and-9 at the Chicago 8 when Jerramy Stevens caught a 2-yard pass from Brian Griese, but instead of having to punt, the Buccaneers caught a major break.

Jeremy Trueblood took some shots at Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye during a pileup, and Tillman ran over and jumped on. Then, he was caught taking a swing at Michael Clayton, resulting in a 15-yard penalty that kept the drive going.

"There are plenty of opportunities on the field to injure somebody," Bears defensive end Israel Idonije said. "You never think about that because that guy is a player in the NFL. There's a code. You play tough, you play hard, but you don't intentionally go out to injure somebody."

And he thought Trueblood was trying to do just that.

"They called us for something that was not nearly on the same level as what was going on," Idonije said.
Even so, coach Lovie Smith wouldn't absolve Tillman.

"I think everyone knows that's unacceptable," he said. "Me just saying, 'Hey guys, don't do it anymore,' it's not that easy. Charles knew when it happened. It's something that in the heat of passion, sometimes you do things that you regret later. That's one play out of a lot of opportunities we had."
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O noes, Bux dirty play cost Bears winable game tey had multiple chances to be winners in!! What to do!!

Seriously, shut the fuck up.

#1_War_Poet_ForLife · Sep 22, 2008

Karma?!?!?!?!?!?

JE · Sep 22, 2008

#1_War_Poet_ForLife said: ↑

Karma?!?!?!?!?!?
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What? Fuck karma.

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