A litany of errors defined the Chicago Bears’ stunning loss to the Washington Commanders after Jayden Daniels’ unreal Hail Mary touchdown pass. They start with Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, who made every possible coaching mistake to create perfect conditions for the play and then declined responsibility for the sequence after the fact.
However, Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson might want to find a way to burn the film of the play before his teammates see it.
As captured by a fan on Twitter, Stevenson was recorded talking trash to Washington supporters in the stands. Stevenson was so absorbed in celebrating a win that wasn’t official yet that he literally missed the snap and the first few seconds of the play. You can see his visible shock that the game is still going on when he turns around.
(Note: This is why you call ANY of your three timeouts, Matt Eberflus.)
And when Stevenson turned around, he was caught scrambling to do anything impactful. While in a fit of clear desperation, the cornerback ended up doing the worst possible thing: tipping the ball to Noah Brown for the game-winner.
Crazy video I got of #Commanders vs #bears walk off pic.twitter.com/mXFkR5wOGW
— Joe Abdo (@joe_abdo) October 27, 2024
In a cruel twist of fate, ESPN’s Benjamin Solak pointed out that Stevenson was probably supposed to shadow Brown and follow him throughout the play. Instead, he let him get behind him, and the rest was history.
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
I don’t want to pile on Stevenson anymore. Because this young man is about to get it from his Bears teammates and his coaches.
UPDATE: Stevenson appears to have noticed the backlash to the video of him trash-talking mid-Hail Mary. He took to his Twitter to apologize to his Bears teammates and Bears fans, taking accountability for his grave mistake.
To Chicago and teammates my apologies for lack of awareness and focus …. The game ain’t over until zeros hit the clock. Can’t take anything for granted. Notes taken, improvement will happen. #Beardown
— Tyrique Stevenson (@dreamchaserTy10) October 28, 2024
