And when kicker Wil Lutz crunched a 35-yard field goal through the uprights in Soldier Field’s north end zone, the Saints also had the victory neither team seemed ready to collect, a 26-23 triumph that will leave the Bears with a pronounced feeling of emptiness and the city of Chicago with another week of aggravated debate.
This time, the resilient comeback efforts of Matt Nagy’s team were good enough to force overtime but not good enough to steal a victory. Cairo Santos’ 51-yard field goal in the final seconds of regulation proved once again that the 2020 Bears have an admirable level of resilience and belief in the clutch.