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Keisean Nixon provokes a lot of mixed feelings in people. Okay, not super mixed. A lot of people, if not most, are pretty down on Nixon as the Packers’ top cornerback.
But it’s not all bad, and last season Nixon gave us one of the most memorable images of the century-long Packers/Bears rivalry. Here’s our top play of 2025, the moment when Nixon put a stop to the Bears’ comeback efforts.
The Packers were rolling as they prepared for their first 2025 meeting with the Bears in Week 14. They were 8-3-1 and riding a three-game winning streak, having just handled the Lions on Thanksgiving before a national television audience the week prior. Everything was clicking: Jordan Love was hot, Josh Jacobs was dinged up but gutting out great performances, and Micah Parsons was at the peak of his Packers’ performances.
The Bears, too, were humming along. They were 9-3 and on a five-game winning streak and seemed to have really found their stride after opening the season 0-2. It looked for all the world like the teams were setting up for a classic rivalry matchup, and a classic is exactly what fans got.
After a scoreless first period, the Packers and Bears traded punches for most of the next three quarters. The Packers would scrap their way to a lead, but the Bears would come roaring back. The Packers put themselves ahead 28-21 after a long, gutsy fourth quarter drive that included one of Josh Jacobs’ great runs of the 2025 season, but there were still more than three minutes on the clock, and the Bears had a chance to tie the game with a touchdown.
Caleb Williams and the Bears set sail from their own 26 for their would-be game-tying drive, and right away it looked like they had something cooking. Caleb Williams found Luther Burden for a 27-yard strike on the first play of the drive, immediately getting the Bears into Packers territory. They didn’t slow down. Two plays later, a 24-yard completion moved the to the Packers’ 23-yard line, and two runs by Kyle Monangai set up a high-stakes 3rd and 1 play on the Packers’ 14.
The Packers stuffed Monangai’s third attempt, putting everything on the line on fourth down.
With 27 seconds remaining, the Bears called time out to scheme up the perfect play. Seeing how they lined up, the Packers called a timeout of their own, setting the stage for what may have been the most dramatic single play of the Packers’ season to that point.
It nearly was the perfect play.
The Bears sent heavy motion to the right side of the formation, then peeled Caleb Williams back on a bootleg to the left, giving him short and deep options as he moved toward the sideline.
Not wanting to give up a first down on a short completion, most of the Packers’ defense rallied to the flat, leaving tight end Cole Kmet almost...
