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NFL training camp 2022: Bears K Cairo Santos prepared for Soldier Field with intentionally bad practice fields

There are few jobs in the NFL as punishing as being the kicker for the Chicago Bears.

Not only do you have to do your very precise work in the cold and snow of a Chicago winter, you also have to deal with a field notorious for its shoddy grass. The Bears had struggled to find quality kickers since releasing all-time scoring leader Robbie Gould in 2015 (you may remember a double-doink), but Cairo Santos looked like the answer last year.

Part of the reason for that is Santos learned to adapt.