As Bears interim coach Thomas Brown bids for his next job, which will likely be with another team, the final sequence of his 6-3 loss to the Seahawks on Thursday will require a better explanation than that he gave after the game.

Needing a field goal to tie the game, the Bears got the ball at their own 11-yard line with 5:12 left and with all three timeouts, but there seemed little urgency and Brown used two timeouts in situations in which he shouldn’t have to do it.

On fourth-and-5 at their own 39-yard line, the Bears were going for it when backup left guard Jake Curhan committed a false start that led to fourth-and-5. Brown sent the punting unit out with 2:14 to play, but changed his mind before the snap and called a timeout to send the offense back onto the field.

“There was no confusion at all,” Brown said. “I just changed my mind… As time went on, I changed my mind and said, ‘Let’s try it now,’ and sent the offense back to the field.”

When asked what changed his mind, he replied: “I wanted to be more aggressive.”

There was little that seemed aggressive about the Bears’ approach, as a lot of time was wasted on the final possession. After a one-yard pass from their own 44-yard line after the two-minute warning expired, the Bears didn’t make their next play until 1:15 remained.

They scored a 15-yarder on that play, but then didn’t miss another until 37 seconds left. Williams threw the ball out of bounds on that play and then, with the clock already stopped, needed a timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty.

In the end, Brown said the Bears would have to get to the Seahawks’ 37-yard line or deeper to consider a field goal kick that would tie the game, but instead opted for a first, second and third down at the 40 yard line Then try a few running plays to get within reach of kicker Cairo Santos. He attributed that decision to the Seahawks’ defensive formation.

The Bears went for it on fourth-and-10 with 20 seconds left on their final play, and Coby Bryant, taking advantage of the Seahawks’ safety, immediately got to Williams and threw an interception to end the game.