Early in the Chicago Bears' Week 16 matchup with the Green Bay Packers, there was a certain play which caught the attention of the home crowd.
On the Bears' first offensive possession, wide receiver DJ Moore was leveled by Packers defensive back Keisean Nixon. It wasn't just a brutal hit, but it was a blindside hit. Bears fans everywhere were wondering where the flag was because it was such a blatant, cheap shot.
There was no flag thrown, but much later in the game, those same two players became the center of attention when Moore caught the game-winning touchdown with Nixon draped all over him. In the wake of this miraculous comeback, one former Bears Pro Bowler said exactly what fans were thinking in that very moment.
Lance Briggs said the quiet part out loud about DJ Moore's game-winning touchdown on Keisean Nixon
"This is football. What are you going to do about it?" Briggs said on the air with CHGO. There was a that happened on DJ, it happened early. A comment was made, 'Hey that was awful! That was a bad hit!' What are you going to do about it?
"At the end of the game, the same player that hit him was the player that he caught that ball on."
Ah, yes. Isn't revenge sweet? Briggs absolutely nails it. The former All Pro detailed exactly why that play was even sweeter.
For fans watching this game, there were actually a few calls on both sides that you could've argued were poor or missed calls by the officials. The Bears watched Moore get decleated by Nixon, but there were a couple of other ones that should've gone a different way.
Still, that one set the tone. Had the Bears gone on to lose the game, that play would've stung a whole lot worse. Looking back on the hit by Nixon, now, there is just a totally different vibe.
This is also the same cornerback Green Bay decided to bank on as their no. 1 outside corner going into the season. The Packers didn't invest further into upgrading their cornerback room after the Jaire Alexander era ended. It was all Nixon.
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And, epically, it was Nixon who was made to look the fool in the end. After delivering a cheap shot that rung loudly around the city of Chicago, he was victim of the old saying, "what goes around comes around."
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