With 22 seconds left in the first half Saturday, Bears quarterback Justin Fields took a shotgun snap, looked left for his receiver running a post route and, seeing it covered, checked down left to running back Khalil Herbert. Herbert caught the ball a half-step outside the numbers and ducked out of bounds as he was hit.
It was just a gain of five yards — but it was Bears quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo’s favorite play of the game. He told head coach Matt Nagy as much.
“Him staying in rhythm with his feet, top down and not panicking,” Nagy said Monday.