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College football Saturday under way; Bears kicker's 58-yarder
Santos's career-long fifty-eight-yard field goal with just under two minutes left won it for Chicago on Thursday night; the miss came first.
Watch it as it aired: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from Weekend Edition at 12:31 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “NFL Week 7 Predictions: Picks for Every Game This Weekend, including Cowboys vs Eagles”, with reporting from Chicago Bears and NBC Washington.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 12:31 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Eagles, Bears, Packers-Cowboys, NFL.
- BBN covered this story before: Cowboys fans want Jerry Jones to hand over the front office (October 24).
The real story
The reporting behind this segment. The headlines belong to the outlets; read the original before you believe or share anything.
- Yahoo SportsNFL Week 7 Predictions: Picks for Every Game This Weekend, including Cowboys vs Eagles
- Chicago BearsChicago Bears October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
- NBC WashingtonWinners, losers as Bears outlast Patriots 30-24 on Thursday Night Football October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCairo Santos missed a fifty-three-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, then buried a career-long fifty-eight-yarder with just under two minutes left.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat's how the Bears beat the Patriots on Thursday.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo he missed, and then he got to try again from farther away.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, that's redemption. Caleb Williams takes a bad sack, and the thirty-four-year-old kicker walks out and files the paperwork.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI'm telling you, the kicker is the adult in that building.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe missed from fifty-three and apologized from fifty-eight. Only one of those is getting reposted.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNow to college football. Pitt trails nothing, it's Miami three, Pittsburgh zero, with seven-oh-nine left in the first quarter.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs that a lot? Does it have a good thumbnail?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's a field goal, Kenji.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTexas Tech and Cincinnati are tied three-three with six-eleven left in the first, and LSU and Auburn are tied three-three with six-fifty left.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCal leads SMU seven-nothing.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIndiana and Michigan are nothing-nothing with nine-oh-three left, so that one's the only game I can clip safely.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBYU at UCF and Michigan State at UCLA both kick off at three-thirty Eastern, twelve-thirty Pacific. Don't miss either one.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSantos's clip is eleven seconds long, and the miss is the part he'd cut.
More Shorts
All videos →The story so far
- Bears fend off Patriots 30-24 on Thursday Night Football · Yahoo Sports
- Bears beat Patriots 30-24 on a 58-yard field goal · New York Post
- Bears' Santos redeems 'annoying' miss with game-sealing FG · ESPN
- Trump backs attack ad; Cowboys Cheerleaders unionize · CBS News
- Dak, CeeDee: 2-4 Cowboys can still turn things around · ESPN
- Cowboys fans want Jerry Jones to hand over the front office · Yahoo Sports
- College football Saturday under way; Bears kicker's 58-yarder (this story)
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