Humiliating moment Bears star Tyrique Stevenson is caught taunting crowd before allowing game-losing Hail Mary

Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson committed a fatal mistake during the dying seconds of Sunday's loss.

Stevenson learnt the hard mode not to number his chickens until they hatch arsenic the Bears suffered an excruciating decision to the Washington Commanders connected a Hail Mary play successful Week 8. 

Bears backmost Caleb Williams looked to a person locked up the triumph successful the conflict of the 2024 No. 1 and 2 draught picks erstwhile helium led what appeared to beryllium a 62-yard game-winning thrust with 25 seconds remaining successful the 4th quarter. 

However, his rival counterpart Jayden Daniels pulled of a occurrence successful the Windy City arsenic helium threw a 52-yard game-winning Hail Mary to Noah Brown with triple zeros connected the clock.

It was a devastating stroke for the Bears but 1 subordinate volition beryllium suffering with the decision much than most. 

Washington unbelievably had to spell 76 yards successful 25 seconds with 1 timeout and astir fans wrong the stadium believed the crippled was implicit - including Stevenson. 

The cornerback was caught taunting Commanders fans adjacent the borderline of the endzone arsenic Washington began its Hail Mary attempt.

In fact, helium was truthful assured that helium unbelievably had his backmost turned to the enactment of scrimmage arsenic Washington snapped the ball.

Caught disconnected guard, Stevenson scrambled into action, getting his manus to the shot lone to extremity it into the hands of Brown for the 18-15 Washington victory. 

Daniels' 52-yard Hail Mary was the longest game-winning touchdown since the 'Miami Miracle' successful 2018.

'We had those plays astatine the end, and it comes down to that past play,' Bears caput manager Matt Eberflus said of the play. 

'We've practiced that play a 100 times since we've been here,' helium said. 'I person to look astatine what the execution was connected that. We person a assemblage connected a body, boxing guys retired similar hoops astatine the precise end. We person 1 feline that's the 'rim,' that knocks the shot down. We've got a back-tip feline that goes down the pile. I've got to look astatine it, item it retired and marque definite we're amended adjacent time.' 

 The crippled matched rookie quarterbacks Williams of Chicago, chosen No. 1 retired of Southern California, and Daniels, taken No. 2 retired of LSU successful the 2024 NFL Draft.

Daniels was a game-time determination to play connected Sunday aft sustaining a rib wounded connected the Commanders' archetypal play from scrimmage successful a location triumph a week earlier against the Carolina Panthers. Daniels, who did not signifier until Friday, was 21 of 38 for 326 yards and the score. He besides ran 8 times for 52 yards.