Turner's Take: The Payoff

Posted Sep 24, 2016
Five seconds. Snap. Mitch Trubisky lofted it up to his right, toward Bug Howard again. Howard turned in the near corner of the end zone, got position on his defender, who tugged at Howard's jersey. The penalty flag flew. Bug got a hand free, his left. It's all he needed. He hauled in the game-tying score with two seconds remaining. "Boom. Game winner," Howard said. (GoHeels.com)

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