The Bears and Cardinals played a snoozer of a first half, but it ended with a bang.
Bears’ Deonte Thompson took a field goal try back 109 yards for a kick-six
It looked like the Iron Bowl, but with less mania.
The Cardinals’ Phil Dawson attempted a 63-yard field goal to close out the half. For reference, the longest kick in NFL history is 64 yards, which was set in 2013 by Matt Prater. So this kick was quite the long shot.
Dawson understandably came up short, and Deonte Thompson handled the rest.
Thompson could not have scored a longer touchdown in any play on the field. Cordarrelle Patterson scored the first 109-yard touchdown in NFL history with a kickoff return in 2013 as a rookie. Prior to his, three players shared the record at 108 yards between Ellis Hobbs, Randall Cobb, and Jacoby Jones, who did it in Super Bowl XLVII.
The kick-six was impressive, but Chris Davis’ kick-six from the Iron Bowl (which was also 109 yards) will forever be the greatest.
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