The 10 best trick plays from the 2017 season according to NFL.com, including two flashy plays from the Bears.
- Detroit Lions quarterback Matt Stafford catches a two-point conversion pass.
- Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen throws the ball to tight end Zach Miller for a 21-yard touchdown.
- Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers catches a pitch and throws for a 51-yard touchdown to wide receiver Keenan Allen.
- Jacksonville Jaguars running back Corey Grant takes a direct snap in punt formation and runs for a 56-yard touchdown.
- Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky catches an option pitch from tight end Zach Miller and runs in a two-point conversion.
- Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu throws a 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Julio Jones.
- Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr catches a flea-flicker pitch and throws a 38-yard touchdown to wide receiver Amari Cooper.
- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson catches a lateral pass and throws to wide receiver Paul Richardson for a 38-yard touchdown.
- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback NIck Foles catches a flea-flicker pass and throws for a 41-yard touchdown to wide receiver Torrey Smith in the NFC Championship Game.
- Philadelphia Eagles tight end Trey Burton takes a reverse pitch and passes to quarterback Nick Foles for a 1-yard touchdown late in the first half of Super Bowl LII.
The Bears are well-represented in NFL.com's list of the top 10 trick plays of the 2017 season.
Checking in at No. 6 is a two-point conversion last Oct. 9 against the Vikings that began and ended with the ball in quarterback Mitchell Trubisky's hands.
Lining up in the shotgun, Trubisky took the snap and handed off to running back Jordan Howard, who then gave the ball to tight end Zach Miller. Miller, who played quarterback at Nebraska-Omaha, pitched the ball over Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr to Trubisky, who jogged into the end zone.
"That's fun," Miller said after the game. "That takes me back to my college days. Great call and design, really just great execution for all of us across the board."
Miller was also involved in the No. 9 trick play, hauling in a 21-yard touchdown pass from Tarik Cohen on a halfback option last Oct. 15 against the Ravens. In the process, Cohen became the first Bears rookie running back to throw a TD pass since Hall of Famer Gale Sayers in 1965.
NFL.com's No. 1 trick play was produced by current Bears tight end Trey Burton. Playing for the Eagles in the Super Bowl in Minnesota, Burton, took a pitch from running back Corey Clement and threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles on fourth-and-goal, helping Philadelphia defeat the New England Patriots.
Ironically, the Bears ran the play in the same stadium and even in the same end zone in the 2016 season finale against the Vikings. Running back Jeremy Langford took the direct snap and pitched the ball to receiver Cameron Meredith, who threw it to quarterback Matt Barkley for a touchdown.
"There's several different variations of that play that we've seen people run," Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich said after the Super Bowl. "We were in particular copying the Bears' version of it."
