As Williams, Swift, Burden and the line continued to work through the play in practice, Johnson’s trust in them continued to grow.
“Obviously, [Johnson] felt comfortable enough to roll it over to the game plan,” Jones said. “I’m glad he got it off the sheet, and it ended up being great for us.”
The flea flicker was just one of the four touchdown passes Williams threw in Sunday’s victory — tying the quarterback’s career high — but executing such a complex, yet rewarding play sparked an Bears team that was already hungry going into Sunday’s game.
While the flea flicker itself was exciting, achieving the ultimate goal of getting the win Sunday was all that mattered to the Bears.
“We needed it bad, especially the way we started,” Swift said. “Coming back home, against a good opponent and we show up like that. I feel like we played better complementary football, all three phases. So, we gotta take this momentum and run with it. Go back to work on Wednesday and go 1-0 next week.”