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Luther Burden picked the perfect time Sunday to make his biggest impact in a month.
On the last play before the two-minute warning in the fourth quarter, the Bears’ second round rookie ran a fade stop route against Giants cornerback Korie Black, plucking Caleb Williams’ pass from the air at the Giants’ 28 and pushing two defenders nine yards.
“It was a pretty easy deep stopper,” Burden said. “Get him going, stop on a dime, get a good completion.”
In the three weeks leading up to Sunday’s 24-20 win against the giants, Burden had caught three passes for 21 yards, suffering a concussion against the Ravens that kept him out of the Bengals game.