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When Bears kicker Cairo Santos talks about Soldier Field, he does so as if it’s a monster with which he became friends. It’s dangerous and unpredictable, but he understands it. He describes this as a “relationship” and says it saved his career by elevating his concentration to a new level.
“It’s been good to me,” he said.
Santos’ phone is full of notes about temperature and wind from kicking in the NFL’s most treacherous venue, and he’s the most accurate kicker of all-time in that stadium at 89.7% and gave the Bears stability they hadn’t had since Robbie Gould.