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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Patrick Finley

Bears’ Cairo Santos: Field goal was ‘unacceptable for me to miss’

The Bears’ Cairo Santos kicks against the Commanders. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

NEW ORLEANS — Bears kicker Cairo Santos’ streak of 14-straight made field goals was snapped when he kicked a 40-yarder off the right upright with less than a minute left in the first half Sunday.

“I feel like I have no answer for it,” said Santos, whose college team, Tulane, called the Caesars Superdome home. “It’s a humbling craft sometimes — you feel like you’re on top of your technique and on top of your confidence. It’s a kick that’s unacceptable for me to miss, especially indoors. I just let it slip away. … There’s no excuses to have that miss.”:

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