Chicago's Tyrique Stevenson taunted fans during Jayden Daniels' Hail Mary play
Chicago Bears defensive back Tyrique Stevenson probably won’t enjoy meetings in the coming days.
The second-year man out of Miami was on the field for Washington’s Hail Mary pass from Jayden Daniels that won the game in walk-off fashion. But he wasn’t exactly paying attention when the ball was snapped. Instead, he was seen near the sideline taunting Commanders fans. For nearly 5 seconds after Jayden Daniels received the snap, Stevenson was completely unaware of the play going on behind him.
When he turned and realized there were Washington receivers running toward the endzone, he started tracking Daniels. When the pass arrived, it was Stevenson who tipped it to Noah Brown for the touchdown.
Crazy video I got of #Commanders vs #bears walk off pic.twitter.com/mXFkR5wOGW
— Joe Abdo (@joe_abdo) October 27, 2024
ESPN NFL analyst Benjamin Solak also broke down the play immediately after and showed that Stevenson was likely the man responsible for covering Brown at the back of the scrum.
WAIT WAIT WAIT LOL
Tyrique Stevenson (29) is supposed to be following Noah Brown (85) the whole way
But he never gets connected to him, in part because he was smack talking with Commanders fans the whole time? pic.twitter.com/F1sbCQ8Bds
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) October 28, 2024
The throw officially went for 52 yards and it was Daniels’ only touchdown throw of the game.
Chicago took the lead on a Roschon Johnson run with 25 seconds remaining, capping a 10-play, 62-yard drive that took 3:56 off the clock and likely should have delivered the Bears their fifth win.
Instead, Daniels picked up quick completions of 11 and 13 yards to move Washington from its own 24 to the 48 to set up the Hail Mary play. In pulling off the incredible win, Daniels seemingly locked up an Offensive Rookie of the Year award and maybe even inserted himself into the MVP discussion.
Washington moved to 6-2 with the victory. The Commanders will exit Week 8 atop the NFC East. If Daniels hoists some hardware at the end of the season, maybe he should send Stevenson a “thank you” card.
The bears are gonna bear.
That’s Chicago for you. Act the fool and there are no consequences. It becomes a way of life.
Tyrique Stevenson transferred out of Georgia just in time to miss out on two natty rings, glad to see he still got that Miami U attitude that didn’t jive so well in Athens…