NFL says Packers blocked game-winning field was legal play, despite Bears’ protests: reports

The Chicago Bears were successful presumption to drawback their three-game losing streak past Sunday with kicker Cairo Santos needing to marque a 46-yard tract extremity arsenic clip expired to bushed the Green Bay Packers. 

Santos’ footwear was blocked by Karl Brooks, and the Packers held connected for a 20-19 victory, handing the Bears their 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment and dropping them to 4-6 connected the season. 

Bears caput manager Matt Eberflus said connected Monday they were going to taxable the blocked footwear to the league, saying helium thought determination should person been a punishment connected the Packers due to the fact that "they were evidently connected our agelong snapper."

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Green Bay Packers Karl Brooks blocks a tract extremity effort of Chicago Bears Cairo Santos during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful Chicago. The Packers won 20-19.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The NFL rule prohibits players from lining up straight crossed from the agelong snapper, oregon contacting the agelong snapper portion his caput is inactive down instantly aft the snap.

Eberflus thought Packers antiaircraft lineman T.J. Slaton made interaction with Bears agelong snapper Scott Daly instantly and that the referees should person thrown a flag.

If officials regularisation that a defender illegally contacts the agelong snapper with his caput down, it is simply a 15-yard unnecessary roughness call. The Bears would person had a accidental to effort different tract goal. 

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Chicago Bears caput manager Matt Eberflus listens to reporters during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Green Bay Packers successful Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the NFL’s league officiating bureau informed the Bears that the Packers had made a cleanable play connected the blocked tract extremity attempt.  

While determination was interaction betwixt Slaton and Daly, the NFL deemed Slaton’s interaction legal, arsenic players are allowed to interaction the agelong snapper arsenic agelong arsenic his caput is not down.

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Chicago Bears spot kicker Cairo Santos (8) reacts aft a missed tract extremity during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Green Bay Packers successful Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

It wouldn’t person mattered if the NFL agreed with Eberflus and deemed the interaction illegal, due to the fact that determination are do-overs. The telephone alternatively would person been acknowledged arsenic a missed telephone by the league, and the Bears would inactive beryllium 4-6. 

The Bears anticipation to halt their losing streak erstwhile they instrumentality connected the 8-2 Minnesota Vikings successful an NFC North conflict connected Sunday. 

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