MINNEAPOLIS — Before Matt Eberflus tried the most daring move of his nascent head coaching career, he gathered the Bears’ defenders Sunday.
“I said, ‘Listen, we’re going for this,’” Eberflus said. “’There is a chance we don’t get it. But listen, I want you to respond to this if we don’t get it.’”
The Bears had scored two touchdowns in the previous six-and-a-half minutes of game action —more than they had in the previous eight quarters —when their kickoff team ran on the field early in the third quarter.
Cairo Santos sprinted toward the ball and kicked a dribbler to his right toward the 50-yard stencil at U.