Luther Burden revealed savage nickname for Bears' trick play vs. Cowboys

The Chicago Bears easily handled the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, with a 31-14 victory that didn't feel that close in the second half and stands as the team's most complete game in years. The offense doing what it did against former head coach Matt Eberflus, who is now Dallas' defensive coordinator, added a sweet layer to the victory, even if players dismissed the easy narrative.

The No. 1 highlight from the game was delivered early, as Ben Johnson dug into his bag of trick plays for a first quarter flea-flicker that ended with a 65-yard touchdown pass from Caleb Williams to Luther Burden.

That play gave the Bears a 14-3 lead, and set the tone for what would become a decisive victory. It was also part of a breakthrough performance for Burden, with three catches for 101 yards and one carry for seven yards, which is even more important in the big picture.

Luther Burden reveals savage nickname for trick play vs. Cowboys

Johnson's trick play creativity when he was the Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator usually came with a subsequent reveal of what a given play was called.

After the win over the Cowboys, Burden was asked if the flea-flicker play had a special name. Of course, it did.

The early-to-mid-90's Cowboys won three Super Bowls in a four-year span. Head coach Jimmy Johnson kept fairly loose reigns and let players be themselves, as long as they brought it on Sundays and didn't put themselves or the team in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Along with the team's high level of success during that time, that off-field mission was more or less accomplished.

Part of the "football players as rockstars" lore of that Cowboys' dynasty was the existence of the infamous "White House", where players could go to have their fun. In the recent Netflix documentary about the Cowboys' franchise and owner Jerry Jones, Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin candidly recalled what went on at the "White House."

The Cowboys won their third Super Bowl in the aforementioned four-year span in January of 1996, to end the 1995 season. Johnson was roughly four months shy of his 10th birthday at the time, and no Bears player was all that close to being born.

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Johnson knows how to mix trolling with savagery, and with that in mind the flea-flicker play would have had a different name in a different game plan. Putting it in the game plan for the Cowboys was one thing. Naming it after a well-known piece of Cowboys' lore, from their last successful era no less, took things to another level.