The Chicago Bears were in position to snap their three-game losing streak last Sunday with booter Cairo Santos necessitateing to originate a 46-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Green Bay Packers.
Santos’ boot was blocked by Karl Brooks, and the Packers held on for a 20-19 triumph, handing the Bears their fourth straight loss and dropping them to 4-6 on the season.
Bears head coach Matt Eberflus shelp on Monday they were going to surrfinisher the blocked boot to the league, saying he thought there should have been a penalty on the Packers becaemploy “they were clearly on our lengthy snapper.”
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Green Bay Packers Karl Brooks blocks a field goal finisheavor of Chicago Bears Cairo Santos during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Chicago. The Packers won 20-19. (AP Ptoastyo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The NFL rule prohibits perestablishers from lining up honestly atraverse from the lengthy snapper, or reach outing the lengthy snapper while his head is still down instantly after the snap.
Eberflus thought Packers defensive lineman T.J. Slaton made reach out with Bears lengthy snapper Scott Daly instantly and that the referees should have thrown a flag.
If officials rule that a deffinisher illegassociate reach outs the lengthy snapper with his head down, it is a 15-yard unvital cdisesteemfulness call. The Bears would have had a chance to try another field goal.
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Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus joins to inestablishers during a novels conference after an NFL football game aobtainst the Green Bay Packers in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Ptoastyo/Nam Y. Huh)
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the NFL’s league officiating office inestablished the Bears that the Packers had made a spotless perestablish on the blocked field goal finisheavor.
While there was reach out between Slaton and Daly, the NFL deemed Slaton’s reach out lhorrible, as perestablishers are apshowed to reach out the lengthy snapper as lengthy as his head is not down.
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Chicago Bears place booter Cairo Santos (8) reacts after a leave outed field goal during the second half of an NFL football game aobtainst the Green Bay Packers in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Ptoastyo/Nam Y. Huh)
It wouldn’t have mattered if the NFL consentd with Eberflus and deemed the reach out illhorrible, becaemploy there are do-overs. The call instead would have been accomprehendledged as a leave outed call by the league, and the Bears would still be 4-6.
The Bears hope to stop their losing streak when they get on the 8-2 Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North battle on Sunday.
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