The play was called after the Bears defense had generated the game's first takeaway on Austin Booker's strip sack of Joe Flacco.
"I believe that was off the turnover, so we had a little momentum," Johnson said. "I was looking to piggyback on that. It's just one of those gadgets where you're throwing it out wide, trying to get some young players on their defense to potentially have bad eyes. We had the ability to throw that ball down the field. They covered it well down there. But then we were able to throw it back across."
After the game, Bears players lauded Johnson for his creativity and willingness to call trick plays.
"Coach Johnson, he loves those," said tight end Colston Loveland. "We run them in practice. They need to be perfect, and we need to execute them or they're getting thrown right out. We like having those cool plays in. A couple got called off the sheet pretty early. That was cool to see. I'm a big fan of those."
The trick plays enabled the Bears to make NFL history. They became the first team to have a player with at least three TD passes (Williams), another with at least one TD pass and one TD rush (Moore) and a third with at least 150 rushing yards (Kyle Monangai) in a game.
Williams became the first player in NFL history with at least 275 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and 20 receiving yards in a game. He also became the first Bears quarterback to throw multiple TD passes and have a TD reception in a game since Jim McMahon in a 1985 win over Washington at Soldier Field.
In addition, Moore became the first Bears receiver with a passing TD and rushing TD in a game since at least 1960.
"We've got playmakers all over the offense, so we can do things like that because of the skill sets everybody has," Monangai said. "I love it, personally. Sometimes it starts with us messing around, but then it can turn into, 'Oh, that would work.' He's willing to call those things. So if he's going to call it, we're going to go do it."