Cairo Santos on Game-Winning Field Goal.mp4

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Cairo Santos describes the circumstances surrounding his game-winning 51-yard field goal at Green Bay, after he had a last-second one blocked by the Packers earlier this season.

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00:00Yeah, I mean, I don't think I could have write a cooler script for myself, but obviously

00:13that kick at home against Green Bay bothered us, you know, just how we finished that game.

00:19I feel like they got us on a play that you can argue whatever it was, we didn't like

00:25it how it was done to us, and it was a taste that was in my mouth for weeks leading up

00:32to this, and I got on my knees, my wife and my mom this week, and I prayed to have a moment

00:39to kick a game-winning field goal.

00:41I specifically prayed for that, and I don't want to push religion or anybody, but it's

00:47glory to God in my perspective to have that happen, and everything that I've gone through

00:53the last weeks following up to that, I think it gave me strength, you know, everything

00:58to be ready for a moment like this, so I was super confident, just so happy that DJ was

01:05able to get that catch and kind of bounce back from the play that I'm sure he was upset

01:11about.

01:12The wind was flying better the other direction, McManus and I were hitting longer field goals

01:17that way, coming up short towards that tunnel, but once I saw myself making I think a 53

01:25that way in warm-ups, I knew I had that and a few more in a situation where the adrenaline

01:31was going to take over like it does on a game-winning, so once we got into a 51, I just worried about

01:39putting the ball through.

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