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MINNEAPOLIS — Bears kicker Cairo Santos started Monday night’s game with a miss — and ended it with the game-winning 30-yarder to clinch a 12-10 victory.
In between, though, Santos tied a career high by making a 55-yard field goal. Coach Matt Eberflus deciding to kick on the third play of the fourth quarter was a boost that Santos said he needed.
“Him letting me kick a 55(-yarder), especially after I didn’t execute a long one, I remember that thought going through my head: ‘I love this coach for allowing me to do that,’” Santos said in the Bears’ locker room after the game.