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How the Bears coached up Tarik Cohen after his punt return mistake in Tampa

Its not that Bears special teams coach Jeff Rodgers never wants Tarik Cohen to try to pick up another punt thats bouncing deep into Bears territory. Thats what Cohen did on Sunday, leading to a prompt fumble recovered by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which needed only one play to get in the end zone after the fourth-round picks gaffe. Its so hard as a coach to prepare a player for every possible scenario, so youre trying to give him general guidelines and rules to follow in the different situations he finds himself in.