Lovie Smith was defiant Sunday afternoon shortly after the Bears pulled a Houdini act in escaping with a 19-14 victory over the Lions. The coach refused to budge over why he passed on a chip-shot field goal with his team trailing by one after Matt Forte had failed to score on three downs from the Lions' 1-yard line. Forte was stuffed on fourth-and-goal with 8 minutes, 58 seconds remaining and Smith reasoned his defense was playing so well another chance would come along. "That call helped us win the game at the end," Smith said. But not until Forte made a nifty 28-yard touchdown catch with 92 seconds remaining. Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...bears-lions-chicago--20100912,0,4043463.story
