Like the Packers last week, the Vikings said they saw an opportunity to block Bears kicker Cairo Santos, who said he took the blame for 'the stink' on the field goal unit.
With 22 seconds remaining, the Bears score a touchdown, get a 2-point conversion, recover an onside kick and kick a game-tying 48-yard field goal to force overtime against the Vikings. Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on ESPN 1000.
Just like the Packers last week, the Vikings said they had a chance to block Cairo Santos because of his low trajectory along with a weakness in the Bears' protection."I feel like this week we were chomping at the bit to get that," Theo Jackson said. Chicago had not had three field goal attempts blocked in a season since 2012.said.
Vikings players discussed their scouting report on Santos with certainty, and so did two executives for other clubs that have played against the Bears within the last calendar year. Teams that face Chicago know -- and have known in previous seasons -- that there is a real opportunity to block Santos, better than when facing a kicker with what scouts call a"big leg.""They give up a lot of penetration in that area," Jackson says.
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