Bears extend kicker Cairo Santos with five-year deal worth up to 17.5 million pe

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When the with the team in Matt Dumba Jersey  August, they raised questions at a kicker position already overstuffed with them in Windy City. At the time, the club had been cycling through kickers and dancing around the future of incumbent Eddy Pieiro, who was himself added in the wake of 's infamous 2018 playoff mi s. Now, with Santos fresh off a career year headlining the Bears' special teams, Chicago has secured the veteran for the long term with a big payday. , the  Thomas Vanek Jersey Bears have agreed to terms with Santos on a new five-year contract worth up to $17.5 million. The final two years of the deal are voidable, per Biggs, so it's e sentially a three-year, $9 million deal worth up to $11 million. Either way, the extension marks the long-anticipated end to a "kicker carousel" in Chi-Town, not to Alex Stalock Jersey  mention a substantial pay raise for the 29-year-old Santos, who hadn't stayed with a team for more than one season since beginning his career with the .Santos counted just $700,000 against the Bears' salary cap in 2020. Under the three-year extension, he'll average a maximum of $3.66 million per year, making him one of the top 15 highest-paid kickers  Charlie Coyle Jersey in the NFL.  Undrafted out of Tulane in 2014, Santos spent the first four years of his career in Kansas City, connecting on more than 80% of his field-goal tries in each of his first three seasons. A groin injury limited him early in 2017 before the Chiefs released him from injured reserve, and he spent the next three seasons as a journeyman, appearing in 16 games between the Bears, , and . After rejoining Chicago in 2020, he replaced the injured Pieiro and hit on 30 of 32 field goals, as well as 36  Christian Folin Jersey of 37 extra points.
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