The Chicago Bears had gone punt, missed a field goal, and then punted. The Minnesota Vikings had just scored their second touchdown in three drives to come back and take the lead by just one point.
The Bears had 50 seconds to go when veteran Devin Duvernay took the ensuing kickoff, starting at the four-yard line.
He would proceed to run it back 56 yards, immediately thrusting the Bears into Minnesota territory. Ultimately, the Bears won the game off the leg of Cairo Santos.
The craziest part? It all came pretty easily, up until he was tackled at the Vikings' 40-yard line. After the game, Duvernay admitted as much to reporters.
When asked about his game-shifting return with just under a minute to go, Duvernay didn't hide what he saw.
“Just a lot of green grass. Eyes lit up. Moment to make a play," he said.
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This probably hurts to hear if you're a Vikings fan, especially because Minnesota essentially watched their special teams coordinator, Matt Daniels, seal his own fate with the return his unit allowed.
But, almost immediately after Duvernay took off with the football, on that return, Bears fans saw it too. It looked like the blocks were set up to perfection, and Duvernay had plenty of space to zip through.
On whether or not he picked that specific lane for a reason or saw something in particular, the special teams ace admitted that it was purely how the play was drawn up:
"Just the design of the play, where it's supposed to hit and we executed it almost perfectly."
Not that Bears reporters were trying to rub salt in the wound of Vikings fans, but let's call it an inadvertent -- and happy -- accident.
Bears special teams have not been consistent in recent years, and it's even caused many fans to question the job security of Chicago special teams coordinator Richard Hightower.
But on this day, it was Hightower's unit that not only became one reason this game got close to begin with, but also the reason Chicago won the game in the end.
Santos previously missed a field goal, which would have meant the Bears were still up by two after the Vikings' last touchdown. But it was Santos who had an opportunity to redeem himself in the end, and that's exactly what he did.
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Duvernay saw green grass. Bears fans saw the inevitable win -- another late-game, dramatic victory, but a victory nonetheless.