It’s been a tough week for the Chicago Bears and their special teams. Kicker Cairo Santos had his kick blocked last week by the Green Bay Packers, which caused them to lose to them.
Fast forward one week later, Santos went to attempt a 48-yard field goal against the Vikings, and defensive tackle Jerry Tillery blocked Santos’ kick and Brian Asomoah II returned the kick 21 yards in favor of Minnesota.
The Bears had all week to sort through their kicking woes but the Vikings capitalized on a weak spot on the offensive line. Tillery appeared to be in the same spot where the kick was blocked a week ago against Green Bay.
Thanks to a successful Kevin O’Connell challenge, Chicago had to kick the field goal. Caleb Williams threw a 24-yard pass to Keenan Williams onto the Vikings’ six-yard line. But Allen didn’t have two feet in which made it fourth down and forced Chicago to kick.