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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.