Against the Bears on a Sunday night in week of 2024, Nico Collins was purposely poked in the face on the final play of the first quarter by Bears CB Tyrique Stevenson. Naturally, Collins responded to get Stevenson's fingers out of his face. Unfortunately, the refs only saw Collins and threw a 15-yard penalty on Nico. I watched him throughout that entire quarter break time out and I could see him patting his shoulder pads as if to say "my bad!"

Then, the magic of Nico Collins surfaced on the first of the second quarter. Stevenson, now in coverage, inadvertently struck Nico in the face on his release, but Collins shrugged it off as he ran a slant route to the middle. He snared the catch and then with all of that "I'm going to make up for that mistake" spirit ran through what appeared to be

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