Bears almost Steel a win

Fields leads 4th-quarter comeback; Pittsburgh rallies with late FG before Santos short on try from 65 yards

PITTSBURGH — Bears kicker Cairo Santos’ franchise-record field goal streak ended in a tough way Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.

Santos’ 65-yard attempt in the final seconds fell short, and the Bears lost to the Steelers 29-27.

Santos had made 40 straight field goals leading up to that attempt, the longest active streak in the NFL and just four off Adam Vinatieri’s league record of 44 straight. The miss ended a furious Bears comeback attempt and extended their losing streak to four games ahead of the bye week.

Steelers kicker Chris Boswell made a 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds to play to give the Steelers the lead.

Just a minute earlier, Bears quarterback

Justin Fields led a seven-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to give the Bears a 27-26 lead. But the Bears defense couldn’t keep the Steelers out of field-goal range.

Fields’ drive included a 39-yard pass to Allen Robinson and a 16-yard touchdown pass to Darnell Mooney. Fields sprinted to his left, looked to the end zone and fired the ball to Mooney, who had separated from cornerback Arthur Maulet and turned to catch the pass on the left side of the end zone.

Fields completed 17 of 29 passes for 291 yards with the touchdown pass and an interception. In his first game back from a sprained knee, David Montgomery rushed for 63 yards on 13 carries.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed 21 of 30 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns.

The Bears pulled to within 23-20 when DeAndre Houston-Carson returned Ray-Ray McCloud’s fumbled punt return 25 yards for a touchdown with 6:31 to play.

But Boswell made a 52-yard field goal to push the lead to 26-20. The field goal came after Bears linebacker Cassius Marsh sacked