Cairo Santos

Cairo Santos cashed in big with a $500,000 bonus his contract yielded for kicking over 90% this season. Officially, Santos kicked 35 successful field goals this season from 38 attempts. That’s kicking at a 92% clip, earning him half a million dollars in incentives. Santos came into the Bears’ final game against the Packers kicking 32-of-35 on the season. He…

In the midst of yet another excellent campaign in his fourth season in Chicago, the Bears are rewarding the most accurate kicker in franchise history with a four-year contract extension, NBC Sports Chicago’s Josh Schrock confirms.

Four years into his Bears career, it’s easy to take Cairo Santos’ reliability for granted. It’s easy to forget the string of so-so kickers who couldn’t be counted upon to come through in the biggest moments. After the team cut Robbie Gould in 2016, they had Connor Barth and his sub-75% hit rate, Eddy Pineiro and his hot-and-cold streaks,...

Cairo Santos won the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month award for his stellar play in November. The Bears kicker hit 12 of his 14 field goal attempts and was a perfect 5-5 on his point-after tries. He also made all three of his kicks from 50 yards out or more, including tying his career high with a 55-yarder….

Thursday Night was Cairo Santos’ favorite type of game. Not because he played an enormous role in the Bears‘ 16-13 win by hitting all four of his kicks and scoring 10 of the team’s points. He’s far too humble for that. It was his type of game, simply because he’s a special teams junkie. “When I watch football, I...

When talking about Bears who need to perform well in contract years this season, discussion almost always turns to players like Jaylon Johnson, Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool. Sometimes you hear about Trevis Gipson. Almost never does Cairo Santos’ name come up, yet he’s been one of the steadiest players on the roster since he signed with the team...