Cairo Santos is sticking round Chicago for the foreseeable future. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Bears have signed their kicker to a four-year extension.
Santos has established himself as the most accurate kicker in franchise history thanks to his ongoing four-year stretch with the organization. Since re-joining the Bears in 2020 (Santos had a two-game stint with the organization in 2017), Santos has connected on 91.2 percent of his field goal attempts and 92.7 percent of his extra-point tries.
The 32-year-old has continued to be reliable in 2023. In 14 games, Santos has connected on 27 of his 29 field goal tries (93.1 percent) and 24 of his 26 XP tries (92.3 percent). Per ESPN’s Field Yates, Santos has additionally transformed 10 straight discipline targets from no less than 50 yards, the longest energetic streak within the NFL.
Santos has revived his profession in Chicago. After spending his first three-plus seasons because the Chiefs major kicker, he bounced across the NFL for a number of years. Between 2017 and 2019, Santos frolicked with the Chiefs, Bears, Jets, Rams, and Buccaneers, with the kicker connecting on solely 68.8 % of his discipline targets over that span. As famous, he’s been considerably extra reliable in Chicago, and the Bears are rewarding his consistency with a long-term deal.