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Bears coach Matt Eberflus defended his decision to try a 46-yard field goal at the gun Sunday rather than run one more play to try to inch Cairo Santos even closer to the south end zone uprights.
With 35 seconds to play and the ball at the 30, the Bears handed off to Roschon Johnson for two yards. Rather than doing something similar again, the Bears let the clock run down to 3 seconds before taking a timeout and sending Santos on the field. His kick was blocked.
“They were loading the box there,” Eberflus said after the game.