Even though Cairo Santos had missed an extra point in a deluge of rain five minutes earlier, the Bears didn’t seriously consider going for a two-point conversion after scoring their final touchdown Sunday.
“At that point in the game we tried to just go for it, kick for one,” special teams coordinator Richard Hightower said Thursday.
Santos then missed his second extra point of the game. Hightower, though, expressed confidence in his placekicker — both Sunday and going forward.
“Guys drop balls, guys miss extra points— things happen,” he said. “I mean, God bless him if he can make them in that type of condition, all of them….