The wild ride that has been the Cairo Santos experience in 2025 took another twist on Wednesday with the veteran Chicago Bears kicker being named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Santos made all three of his field goals and his lone extra-point attempt in the Bears’ 22-16 overtime win against the Green Bay Packers. And while I imagine there were some other well-deserving recipients of the award, I imagine this put Santos over the top:
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— NFL Brasil (@NFLBrasil) December 21, 2025Cairo Santos named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week
What a year it has been for Bears kicker Cairo Santos. He was named a team captain in the beginning of the year and added game-winning field goals against the Las Vegas Raiders and Minnesota Vikings to his résumé. But he has also struggled occasionally with accuracy and kicking it from distance. But he has turned it around after his early-season struggles, connecting on 86 percent of his chances since struggling in a Bears win against the Cincinnati Bengals in November. Hey, it’s not how you start … it’s how you finish, right?
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Even though Cairo Santos doesn’t have the big boot that some other kickers possess, he makes up for it with accuracy and touch. Plus, his success rate at Soldier Field is impressive. Kicking long field goals in domes and at altitude is cool. But to kick successfully in the elements and along the lakefront isn’t something that everyone can do well. It is among the reasons this franchise spent a ton of time cycling through kickers after letting Robbie Gould go.
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By my count, Cairo Santos is the sixth Bears player to win a major award handed out by the NFL. Santos joins quarterback Caleb Williams (Week 3 NFC Offensive Player of the Week), cornerback and special teams ace Josh Blackwell (Week 4 NFC Special Teams Player of the Week), tight end Colston Loveland (Week 9 NFC Offensive Player of the Week), linebacker D’Marco Jackson (Week 15 NFC Defensive Player of the Week), and cornerback Nahshon Wright (November’s NFC Defensive Player of the Month) in bringing home some hardware. Let’s keep the good times rollin’, Cairo. Playoff football awaits.
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