Seconds after nailing a 51-yard game-winning field goal, Chicago Bears kicker Cairo Santos hit Didier Drogba's celebration at Lambeau Field. The Bears were staring down an 11-game losing streak to close out the season before Santos delivered the winning kick against the Green Bay Packers with no time left on the clock.
Santos converted his lone field-goal attempt in the Bears' 24-22 win over the Packers on Sunday. Santos posted six or fewer points in each of Chicago's last six games. In addition, the kicker recorded more than seven points in two of 17 games.
Caleb Williams drove Chicago to Cairo Santos’ 51-yard field goal as time expired and the Bears snapped a 10-game skid with a 24-22 victory over the playoff-bound Green Bay Packers.
Cairo Santos' 51-yard field goal that led the Bears to beat the Packers as time expired was a build up of emotions and adrenaline for the veteran kicker, who told reporters Sunday after the game that
The Bears came to Lambeau Field and stunned Green Bay, 24-22, snapping the Packers’ 11-game winning streak in this series. That had been the longest streak by either side in this sensational 104-year rivalry.
After his potential game-winning field goal against the Packers was blocked earlier this season, Cairo Santos and the Bears got their revenge in Sunday's season finale at Green Bay.
Cairo Santos ’ 51-yard field goal as time expired handed the Packers a 24-22 loss, ensuring Green Bay will be the NFC’s seventh seed. They will travel to the Philadelphia Eagles next week for an NFC wild-card game.
Chicago Bears "just let it out" to top the Green Bay Packers for the first time in six seasons on Cairo Santos’ winning field goal.
Redemption couldn’t come sweeter for Cairo Santos. The Bears kicker drilled a walk-off, game-winning 51-yard field goal to defeat the Packers, 24-22, at frigid