Seven days after we saw one wide open player not get the ball in a crucial situation, it happened again.
In the Washington Commanders’ 12-7 win over the Chicago Bears, Justin Fields faced a fourth-and-goal from the opposing 4-yard line. A touchdown would win it, anything else and it was a loss.
He threw a pass to Darnell Mooney that the receiver bobbled before corralling it … but he was JUST short of the goal line.
But what we’re here to talk about is the fact that everyone noticed a WIDE OPEN David Montgomery on the other side of the field. Granted, Fields wasn’t looking his way — I guess the play call was to Mooney in a one-on-one situation: