The greatest's moments of the Bears 2021 season
On average, there are about 2550 football plays during a season per team. For the Chicago Bears, they were a lot of plays that we would like to forget but, there were a pretty good number of great plays also. Let's have a look at the 4 most memorable moments from the 2021 Bears season.
1. Justin Fields 22-yard TD run vs the 49ers
The Bears were down by 7 points against the Niners. It was 4th and 1 at the opposing 22-yard line. The play call was a bootleg to the right of Justin Fields. However, the play was immediately broken down by three Niners defenders that were basically unblocked in the backfield. San Francisco really had a perfect play call for the situation. Or so they taught. Fields made some incredible moves while reversing the field and faking out a least 6 defensive players en route to a game-tying touchdown. It was one of the best individual efforts in the NFL and was clearly deserving of the top spot.
2. Jakeem Grant's 97-yard punt return
The Bears were up 17-14 against the Green Bay Packers just before the end of the first half. Grant caught the ball at his own 3-yard line and then he caught fire. He made a couple of moves and then he followed his amazing blocks toward the sideline. That was all she wrote afterward. His blazing speed was too much for the punt team of the Packers that just simply couldn't keep up with him. This play reminded the Bears fan of a certain Devin Hester. It was only the first of two punt return touchdowns in the whole National Football League this year.
3. Damiere Byrd wins the game versus Seattle
Nick Foles cooked up a great drive down by 7 points against the Seahawks in week 16. It was capped out by a 15-yard touchdown grab by good-old Jimmy Graham with 1 minute left in the game. The play following that was truly remarkable. Foles rolled out to his right and threw a prayer jump ball to Damiere Byrd. The 29-year-old receiver then proceeded to make an incredible grab over 3 defenders. The craziest part of the play was that he was also able to drag both feet inbounds to give the Bears a one-point lead. It was truly an underrated play that I feel does not get talked about enough.
4. The firing of Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace
Although that didn't happen on the field, this was probably the most impactful moment of the year for the Bears. Nagy had a good start to his tenure in Chicago, but he was never able to duplicate his early success following his first year. You could say he didn't have the best roster in the league, but a fresh start was definitely needed at the head coach spot. Pace had some pretty good moments in Chicago including finding late-round steals in Darnell Mooney or Eddie Jackson
