Vikings drop heartbreaker to Bears on a field goal
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This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/bears/onsi as Cairo Santos sets surprising record against the Vikings. Cairo Santos is a very good kicker. He's got a shiny new record to show for it.
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‘Resilient’ Cairo Santos made Chicago Bears history
With a 54-yard field goal at 10:31 of he third quarter, Cairo Santos set the Chicago Bears record with his 24th field goal from at least 50 yards, breaking Robbie Gould’s record, which has stood since 2015.
The Bears' path to their seventh win in 10 games wasn’t a straight line Sunday. It was a diagonal one that started when Devin Duvernay caught the ball at his own 4 with a one-point deficit and 50 seconds to play.
The Bears’ special teams stepped up late in Sunday’s comeback victory over the Vikings, starting with Devin Duvernay’s 56-yard kickoff return that led to Cairo Santos’ 48-yard field goal as time expired.
Some two-and-a-half months later, the football gods rewarded the Chicago Bears with an opportunity for a do-over on their Week 1 debacle against the Minnesota Vikings, and this time, they got the job done.
Half of the six longest field goals in NFL history have happened in the last two months. Just two weeks ago, the Jaguars’ Cam Little made the longest field goal ever— a 68-yarder.
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