Cairo Santos has been reliable all season, but his late missed PAT on Sunday was the difference in the Bears’ 31-30 loss to the Lions.
When Jamaal Williams capped off an eight-play, 91-yard touchdown drive to give the Lions a 31-30 lead with under three minutes to play, Santos was left hoping quarterback Justin Fields could get him in range to deliver a game-winning field goal.The Bears' game-winning drive went nowhere as Julian Okwara sacked Fields on fourth-and-8 to send the Bears' to their sixth loss in their last seven games.
Fields' pick-six was an egregious mistake. The Bears committed nine penalties. Two cost them scoring opportunities, and three helped the Lions march down the field for their early fourth-quarter touchdown to trim the Bears' lead to seven.Still, Santos has been arguably the most reliable kicker in the NFL outside of the Week 1 game played in a monsoon against the 49ers. For him to miss at that juncture is a gut punch for a young team still trying to learn how to win.
"It's easy to just count one point and go, 'oh yeah, it's a tie.'" Santos said."There's so many things that happened and that's how we all feel. We all have opportunities to make plays and help the team win. At that point in the game, we didn't make the extra point. So we just didn't end up tying the game because of that point. But just so many things we can end up pointing fingers why we didn't come out with 31 points at the end of the game.
"Whatever the reason that happened, just as a pro, you have to be ready for any situation. That's something I need to be better at."
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