There will be plenty of errors for the Patriots to look at
when they study the film of Sunday¡¯s game against the
Bears
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the fact that they aren¡¯t licking their wounds after a loss.The Patriots
overcame three turnovers and a last gasp throw from Mitchell Trubisky to Kevin
White to leave Chicago with a 38-31 win. Trubisky uncorked a ball from near
midfield to White, who caught it just short of the end zone and wound up being
stopped of a touchdown.Chicago¡¯s last chance came after the Patriots chose to
punt on 4th-and-6 from the Bears¡¯ 33-yard-line with 30 seconds left. Ryan
Allen¡®s punt went into the end zone and three completions put the Bears in
position to try for a miracle. It wasn¡¯t to be and a pair of interceptions by
Trubisky earlier in the second half loom even larger given how close the Bears
came to catching up to the Patriots.Tom Brady threw an interception as well ¡ª
he¡¯s up to seven on the season ¡ª and the Patriots lost two fumbles to help the
Bears grab a 17-7 lead in the first half. New England was back in the lead by
halftime as Cordarrelle Patterson returned a kickoff for a touchdown and James
White scored the first of his two touchdowns on the day. They¡¯d add another
special teams score when Dont'a Hightower blocked a punt that Kyle Van Noy
returned for a touchdown and their play in that phase of the game was essential
to the fifth Patriots win of the season.The Patriots will get an extra day to
prepare for the Bills next Monday night and part of that process is going to
include figuring out whether they¡¯ll have running back Sony Michel. Michel left
with a knee injury in the first half and it looked like the kind of injury that
could keep him out for a while.Tight end Rob Gronkowski¡®s condition will also be
a hot topic after he missed Sunday¡¯s game due to a reappearance of the back
problems that have plagued him throughout his career. That absence didn¡¯t stop
the Patriots from winning on Sunday and Josh Gordon had his first 100-yard day
as a Patriot, but they¡¯d surely prefer to have his help in the coming weeks. The
Pittsburgh workweek began Wednesday without a couple of key Steelers.Running
back James Conner didn¡¯t practice four days before a showdown with the Patriots.
Conner has an ankle injury that kept him from playing this past
Sunday
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said Tuesday that it¡¯s ¡°possible¡± Conner will play on Sunday.Quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger also didn¡¯t practice on Wednesday, due to the rib injury he
suffered against the Raiders. But Roethlisberger routinely gets Wednesday off,
so it¡¯s hard to tell whether the injury would have kept him from
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to practice.Also not practicing were safety Sean Davis (knee), tackle Marcus
Gilbert (knee), and center Maurkice Pouncey (not injury related). Linebacker
Anthony Chickillo was limited in practice with an ankle injury.