GREEN BAY — Chicago Bears kicker Cairo Santos first raced around Lambeau Field doing his soccer-inspired celebration. But when he found himself near the back of the end zone among a mob of teammates Sunday, he looked toward the stands and saw his opportunity.
His Lambeau Leap into a couple of Green Bay Packers fans wasn’t very successful.
“Immediately, I got pushed in the helmet and got denied,” Santos said.
What mattered was that his 51-yard field goal to end the Bears’ season finale was not denied. Seven weeks after the Packers blocked Santos’ potential winning 46-yard field-goal attempt at Soldier Field, Santos found his redemption by nailing his only field-goal attempt of the afternoon to lift the Bears to a 24-22 victory.