Hanie’s pick-6 bothers Smith

Some things you can overlook. Others things, not so much.

For the second straight game, second-year free safety Major Wright missed a tackle inside the 10-yard line that could have prevented a touchdown Saturday night at Tennessee.

But Bears coach Lovie Smith was more concerned with his team failing to get a take-away.

“You’re going to miss tackles,” coach Lovie Smith said. “There are a lot of tackles missed each week, sometimes safeties’ (missed tackle) show up a little more.

“As long as Major’s missing one tackle, we can live with one tackle missed. But we’re still wanting a little bit more production. I thought Major had an opportunity to possibly make a play on one of those long balls. We’re not quite there, yet but we will get there.”

On the other side of the ball, Smith had no excuse for Caleb Hanie’s interception late in the third quarter that was returned 90 yards for a TD.

“That’s kind of a bad throw,” Smith said. “Whether the receiver’s in the wrong or whatever, we can’t do that, kind of simple as that.

“I don’t know exactly who was at fault, but (you) can’t throw the ball directly to him. We’d like to have that one back of course.”

Hanie completed nine of 18 passes for 107 yards with a passer rating of 45.4.

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