In his first game as head coach, Chicago’s Ben Johnson made a costly error by allowing the Vikings to burn the two-minute warning on a kickoff return as the Bears desperately needed to stop the clock and get the ball back.

The Bears scored a touchdown with 2:02 remaining in the fourth quarter, cutting the Vikings’ lead to 27-24. At that point, the smart options were either to onside kick, or to kick the ball out of bounds to ensure that no time would run off the clock on the kickoff and that the Vikings’ next offensive play would immediately be followed by the clock stopping for the two-minute warning. The Bears chose neither smart option.

Instead, Johnson called for his kicker to boot the ball deep, hoping for a touchback. But the Vikings smartly ran the ball out of the end zone, taking

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