Bears Deceive Packers Special Teams with Clever Punt Return, Score Spoiler Touchdown

With nothing on the line but playing spoiler for their rival, the Chicago Bears pulled out the stops in Week 18 with one of the best special team plays of the NFL season.

The Bears opened scoring on Sunday with a punt return for a touchdown aided by some well-executed misdirection. Midway through the first quarter, the Packers Daniel Whelan punted from the Chicago 44-yard-line.

With nothing on the line but playing spoiler for their rival, the Chicago Bears pulled out the stops in Week 18 with one of the best special team plays of the NFL season.

The Bears opened scoring on Sunday with a punt return for a touchdown aided by some well-executed misdirection. Midway through the first quarter, the Packers Daniel Whelan punted from the Chicago 44-yard-line.

The punt traveled down the left sideline deep into Bears territory. But Chicago's punt return team set up down the right sideline and Green Bay's coverage unit followed. DJ Moore feigned a fair catch at the five-yard line, as the ball landed on the opposite side of the field.

Meanwhile, Bears special teamer Josh Blackwell followed the punt uncovered down the left sideline. He fielded the punt inside the 10-yard line with nobody near him as Whelan appeared to be the only Packers player aware of which direction the punt actually traveled.

By the time Whelan's teammates realized what was happening, Blackwell found a clear path down the sideline toward the end zone.