Coordinator Adam Gase has brought a number of diverse wrinkles to the Chicago Bears offense – to name just a few, read-option, wildcat, route integrations, and then the Unrein Gambit.
The last was the use of 306-pound defensive tackle Mitch Unrein as a lead blocker for tailback Jeremy Langford on a one-yard touchdown run in the tradition of William Perry turning Green Bay linebacker George Cumby into road kill, leading Walter Payton into the end zone almost 30 years ago to the day (Oct. 21, 1985).
Right tackle Kyle Long was a three-sport athlete in high school and possessed of the feet and agility to inspire Gase to consider a tackle-eligible.