NEW ORLEANS — Thirteen seasons after Chiefs’ special teams coordinator Dave Toub unveiled his trick-play masterpiece — one that was canceled out by a penalty — the Bears pulled it off.
In the season finale last month, the team put DJ Moore as a punt returner had regular returner Josh Blackwell block a gunner. The Packers punted the ball to the right but the Bears’ blockers ran left as though the ball was going to Moore. Blackwell sprinted to a spot on the right flank, caught the punt and ran 94 yards for a touchdown.
Toub invented that play and ran it in 2011 when he was the Bears’ special teams coordinator. Johnny Knox’s score was negated by a holding flag. Toub called it “the greatest play that never was.”
When Toub saw the Bears run the play against the Packers, he texted special teams coordinator Richard Hightower.
“He said, ‘That was in honor of you,’” Toub said. “That was so cool.”
Toub’s Chiefs are playing Sunday for the chance to win their third-straight Super Bowl.