LAKE FOREST, Ill. – NFL teams really live by the 24-hour rule cliché. There’s no choice in the matter. Win or lose, you’ve got to move on  after a day. There’s so much preparation for the next game that tons of time spent reflecting can put you behind.

After losing to the Commanders in heartbreaking fashion, on a Hail Mary that could’ve been avoided with proper coaching and execution, Kevin Byard III expanded the timeframe a bit.

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“You get everything out, you say your piece and you look forward to Arizona,” Byard said on Monday. “Like they say, it’s the 24-hour rule. Maybe you need 36 hours. Maybe it’s 48. Whatever you need to do get it out of your system and you move forward and dive into the film. At the end of the day, we are in a results based business, but our process is good. You have to start it over again. … We flush it. We keep going. Nobody is feeling sorry for us. We have to go out and win a game on the West Coast.”

That was the plan early in the week, to avoid letting one loss beat the Bears twice. Based on discussion on Friday, the Bears defensive backs have done that well. They have turned the page and are focused on what comes next, even as conversation about the Washington disaster has remained throughout the week.

“That’s just the group of guys that we have,” slot cornerback Kyler Gordon said. “No one’s ever dwelled over anything or hung their head or anything of that case. They really was like, two seconds. It happened. Come in here. Correct it. Move on.

“We know we can’t talk about it no more. We’re thinking about the Cardinals and Kyler Murray and whatever they’ve got. So it is really in and out. Came here Monday, corrected it and it was done.”

The aftermath of the loss in Washington might not be completely done. There’s a possible punishment for Tyrique Stevenson, who was seen interacting with fans during the the Hail Mary, with his back to the play as the ball was snapped. He didn’t recover from that well, choosing to try and knock the ball down over his assignment of covering Noah Brown, who ultimately caught the decisive touchdown.

Head coach Matt Eberflus could sit him at the start of the Cardinals game or curtail his playing time as a consequence of his mistake. Eberflus wouldn’t address that when asked directly about it on Friday.

“I’m not gonna talk about who’s gonna be starting there at that particular spot,” Eberflus said. “Again, I’ve talked to Tyrique. He’s had a really good week of practice. He’s done well with refocusing in. And I appreciate his efforts moving into the next phase, which is Arizona.”