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Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, right, watches the video board in the final seconds of a 52-21 loss to the Lions at Ford Field on Sept. 14, 2025, in Detroit. — Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, right, watches the video board in the final seconds of a 52-21 loss to the Lions on Sept. 14, 2025, at Ford Field in Detroit.

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