Santos worked on long kicks out of necessity

Larry Mayer

When Cairo Santos returned home to Florida to train on his own during the offseason, the Bears kicker worked primarily on long-distance field goals.

It wasn't that Santos felt he needed to improve that aspect of his game-he made 4 of 5 attempts from 50 yards and beyond last season-it was due more to necessity.

Santos worked out at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, where the football