The Chicago Bears Flawless Kickoff Return

[IdiotKicker]

http://soshcentral.com/nfl/bears-flawless-kickoff-return/
 

 
 
There have been a lot of big plays on special teams in 2014. There was the St. Louis Rams fake punt return. There was the New York Jets attempting to maybe just maybe fool one person in a stadium of nearly 70,000 and then failing to do so. But this play stands out beyond all the others. I’m probably building up too much hype right now, so let’s roll the tape.

 

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

No video of the play?
 
Also, in the 2nd-to-last image, from that particular frame anyway, it looks like the block chicago's #45 is putting on his man is failing.  If Williams cuts in between those two blocks nearest him, as your arrow indicates, it looks as if the left-ward GB guy should be able to jump off his block and make the tackle or at least get a hand on and slow him down.  Was there holding there?  Am I misreading the body positions of the players?  Or was #45 able to recover?

 

[soxfan121]

No video of the play?

 
There is now. ;-)

 

[IdiotKicker]

Also, in the 2nd-to-last image, from that particular frame anyway, it looks like the block chicago's #45 is putting on his man is failing.  If Williams cuts in between those two blocks nearest him, as your arrow indicates, it looks as if the left-ward GB guy should be able to jump off his block and make the tackle or at least get a hand on and slow him down.  Was there holding there?  Am I misreading the body positions of the players?  Or was #45 able to recover?

 
While #45 looks like he is falling, the actual video shows that at that point he is actually driving the Green Bay defender back, which accounts for the lean in his body position.  And as Williams moves past that block, the Packers player falls behind very quickly since he has been tied up so well by the block.  In the last image from the article, that player is #28/29 about seven yards behind Williams.  It was a really, really good block by #45.

 

[Brand Name]

#45, as noted by the article, is Brock Vereen, but there's a little part of me that gets excited when I see that block, and remember that he is Shane's brother.