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By Compiled by Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 20, 2000

COACH TONY DUNGY ON FALLING TO 0-18 IN GAMES OF 40 DEGREES OR COLDER IN CHICAGO: "I think anyone who talks about the weather really does a disservice to the Bears. I wouldn't want to taint their victory with any talk about the weather. Conditions were very nice out there. I don't know about the first 15 or so, because I wasn't here. But I know about this one. They outplayed us and got the turnovers. Whether it was 30 degrees or 80 degrees, they outplayed us."

QUARTERBACK SHAUN KING: "This is another case of us hurting ourselves. If we protect the ball, we convert some of our third downs, I think it's a different outcome."

RUNNING BACK WARRICK DUNN: "We had our times. We had our chances to make things happen. We just didn't get it done. We came out in the third quarter, moved the ball down the field."

SAFETY JOHN LYNCH, WHO DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IN THE FIRST QUARTER, ON WATCHING THE GAME: "It's been a long time since I've done that. It's a helpless feeling. You have confidence in yourself, but I think the guys who were out there made a lot of plays."

DUNGY ON WHAT THE LOSS DOES TO THE TEAM'S PLAYOFF CHANCES: "You can't sit here and dwell on it. We have five games left, and we're pretty much going to have to run the table and win them all I think. So, it's difficult. We needed this division win. We didn't get it, but we'll still be playing tomorrow."

LYNCH ON THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS: "This one was fairly crucial. By no means is it the nail in the coffin or anything like that. We knew coming in how important every game was. You watch the scoreboards and see the teams we're kind of going against won out, so it puts a premium on (every game). We pretty darn near have to win out."

RECEIVER KEYSHAWN JOHNSON ON THE SCRAMBLING BY KING: "He was making positive yards for us. He was getting first downs for us. So as long as that was working, who cares?"

GUARD FRANK MIDDLETON ON THE LOSS OF FULLBACK MIKE ALSTOTT TO AN INJURED KNEE IN THE SECOND QUARTER: "Mike is huge. ... No matter what anybody says, this offense relies on Mike a lot. So when he went out, we lost a hell of a runner, a blocking back and everything."

KING ON THE PASS TO JOHNSON THAT WAS INTERCEPTED BY ROOKIE LINEBACKER BRIAN URLACHER WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT: "It just came out bad. I was trying to throw it over Brian. It came out of my hand funny and went right to him."

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