Bears Grades: Robbie Gould enters franchise record books

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Robbie Gould stepped in the Bears’ record book with two field goals to move past Kevin Butler as the all-time scorer in franchise history with 1,118 points. As important, his two field goals enabled were one better than Kansas City’s Cairo Santos in a game won 18-17 by the Bears.

Santos had an opportunity to match Gould’s day but for a play of the game by Bears special teams. Pernell McPhee, staying in on ‘teams with a number of defensive starters, gave the Bears a boost with a block of Santos’ 27-yard FG try in the third quarter.

“I mean, there’s all kinds of ebbs and flows in games and shifts in momentum,” said coach John Fox. “So that was a big one that stands out.”

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The Bears allowed the Chiefs zero possessions starting in Chicago territory.

Coverage units limited the Chiefs to no kickoff return longer than 19 yards and one punt return of 10 yards. Pat O’Donnell punted for a strong average net of 43.6 yards, marked by consistency with none of his five punts longer than 49 yards. The performance was important because the Bears were beset with poor field position throughout most of the game and needed O’Donnell to give the defense at least some chance of surviving.

Jeremy Langford did the offense no favors with a hold on Marc Mariani’s first punt return, costing nearly 30 yards of field position. That gaffe contributed to a disaster when the Bears were forced to operate near their own end zone and suffered a sack-strip for a Chiefs TD.

Moon's Grade: A-

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