"The mood was rather subdued in the Bears locker room, at least on the defensive side.

A fifth straight win and 31-20 triumph over the Chargers seemed like plenty reason to celebrate. Yet it was easy to tell a majority of players weren't exactly satisfied.

Maybe they knew something about Jay Cutler's broken right thumb. Or maybe they were just disappointed with some of the defensive lapses.

"It was a win," Brian Urlacher said. "I don't give a (crap) about anything else. We didn't play the way we wanted to, but we won. That's all I care about.""