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The story behind what Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan called ‘the best surprise I ever had’

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Danny Trevathan stood behind a crowd of teammates on a blustery Saturday and listened as Bears coach Matt Nagy told his team a post-practice story.

One player had a grandmother who had battled cancer, Nagy said, and she had never seen her grandson play at Soldier Field.

“OK, I get to meet somebody’s grandma,” Trevathan thought to himself.

Then Nagy told No. 59 to come forward.

As Trevathan stepped past his parted teammates to hug Nagy, the inside linebacker didn’t see the golf cart driving across the practice field.