The Bears Pulled Off The Best Two-Point Conversion Play In NFL History

This year’s Chicago Bears would not be what most would consider a team with a revolutionary offense. In fact, the Bears are in the bottom fourth of the league in most every major offensive category.

On Monday night, Mitchell Trubisky made his debut as Chicago’s starting quarterback in a move the Bears organization (and fans) hoped would help kickstart their dismal offense. Things didn’t go great early on, as Chicago scored a grand total of two points in the first half thanks to its defense. Special teams created the Bears’ first touchdown of the game on a fake punt pass in the third, but in the fourth Trubisky finally got the offense on the board.

A tipped pass fell into the hands of a Chicago tight end to pull the Bears within two, meaning it was time to go for the tie with a two-point conversion. That’s when the Bears broke out what I feel comfortable calling the most innovative and greatest two-point conversion play call in NFL history.

You might have to watch this a couple of times to see everything that went into this, as it starts as a handoff to Jordan Howard going left, who hands it off to a tight end on a reverse who then pitches it back to Trubisky on a speed option for the walk-in score. It’s absolutely beautiful play design and was executed to perfection. This is the type of play I’d expect to see from a Sun Belt or MAC team in a mid-week primetime game, not a John Fox coached Bears team on Monday Night Football.

It’s extremely rare to see true offensive innovation from NFL offenses now, as they tend to take the best things from lower levels of football and try to tweak them to the pro game. This, however, is a legitimately incredible play design and something I can’t remember ever seeing.