Every football fan in America talks about the final play of the Commanders' victory over the Bears on Sunday, when Jayden Daniels launched a 52-yard Hail Mary for the game-winning touchdown. But the penultimate move of the game also deserves discussion.

On the second-to-last play, the Commanders had the ball at their own 35-yard line with six seconds left. They didn't have any more time off. They were too far away for Daniels to get the ball into the end zone for a Hail Mary, and they wanted to get closer and get out of bounds quickly. If the Bears could attack the Commanders down the field, the game would be over.

So what did the Bears do? They went into a prevent defense, giving up much of the field to Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin, who caught a pass from Daniels and went out of bounds for a 13-yard gain. The piece only lasted four seconds.

Everyone should have known it was coming; Tony Romo recorded on the telestrator the exact route McLaurin would run just before the snap. As McLaurin left the field, Romo explained what it meant to the Commanders.

“This gives them a chance now because they couldn’t get to the end zone with one throw before,” Romo said.

The Commanders took advantage of this opportunity and threw the game-winning Hail Mary. So why did the Bears give them this chance? Bears coach Matt Eberflus explained.

“Because you’re defending the touchdown, right? They defend the touchdown there. And they throw the ball for it 13 yards or 10 yards, whatever it is, doesn't matter. It always comes down to the last play,” Eberflus said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.

But it was important. The whole reason the commanders wanted to get to the 13 yards before the Hail Mary is because those 13 yards were important and were close enough to the end zone for a Hail Mary to be possible. And if the Bears had played their regular defense, they might have been able to fight off McLaurin's inbounds and end the game before the Hail Mary.

The reality is that Eberflus' defense suffered a massive disappointment. And not just at Ave Maria, but also at the play that Ave Maria staged.