The Bears were about as bad as possible on special teams against the Bengals, beginning with the opening kickoff.
In addition to allowing Charlie Jones to return that kick 98 yards for a touchdown, Cairo Santos had a 47-yard field goal blocked, a holding penalty by Jahdae Walker negated what would’ve been a 52-yard kick return by Devin Duvernay and Daniel Hardy’s error on the Bengals’ onside kick at the end nearly cost the Bears the game.
Santos also missed a 47-yard field goal that special teams coordinator Richard Hightower attributed to a poor operation, though they got a reprieve because the Bengals’ D.J. Ivey was offside.
“That is not our best brand of football and I take responsibility for it,” Hightower said. “If we want to be [a good] team, we’ve got to get those things cleaned up.”
Hightower said Santos didn’t put the kickoff where he was supposed to, and then the coverage unit didn’t stick to its lanes and allowed an opening for Jones.
The blocked field goal, he said, was the result of poor blocking cohesion and maintaining assignments as the Bengals’ Joseph Assai got through Darnell Wright and Ryan Bates.
When the onside kick hit the back of Hardy’s foot while he was blocking and became a free ball, he never should’ve been in that area. Hightower coaches players up front to go straight ahead and engage a block, which would’ve gotten Hardy out of the way and cleared the area for Rome Odunze to read and field the ball safely if it appeared it’d make it the required 10 yards.
McCaskey owned the Bears for more than 40 years and was involved in the organization her entire life. The team is playing with a commemorative patch on its jerseys this season in her honor.
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The Bears cost themselves significant points, and nearly the game, with mistakes on kickoff coverage, kick returns and field goals.
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What a thrill, Loveland’s 58-yard touchdown catch to win the game Sunday in Cincinnati. What was the moment really like?
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