Well, the Bears certainly needed that!
With an assortment of useful assets and speed to spare, Cordarrelle Patterson was brought in over the offseason to be a bit of an offensive Swiss Army Knife. Today, he tapped on the “kick return” skill to return one to the house:
https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1186025461601591296?s=20
After a blocked punt, a safety, a fumble, and some shaky early play from Mitch Trubisky (sigh), the Bears needed that one. Bad.
And according to Kevin Fishbain, that was the first one in half a decade:
That’s the first Bears kickoff return for a touchdown since…
Chris Williams, who took one back 101 yards against the Packers in the 55-14 loss at Lambeau on 11/9/2014.
— Kevin Fishbain (@kfishbain) October 20, 2019
The last Bears kickoff-return touchdown at Soldier Field? Devin Hester against the Vikings nearly 8 years ago to the day (10/16/2011).
— Kevin Fishbain (@kfishbain) October 20, 2019