⁠Should the Packers have been penalized after the blocked field goal against the Bears? The NFL says no and rejects the complaint from Chicago.

The lid is now firmly on the dramatic 19-20 defeat of the Chicago Bears after the Packers defense blocked a field goal in the final seconds last Sunday.

After the game against Green Bay, the Bears filed a complaint with the NFL against the decision of the referees on the final play.

This has now been rejected by the league, as reported by the “Chicago Sun-Times”.

The NFL did follow the Bears’ argument that their long snapper Scott Daly was touched by Packers defender T.J. Slaton before the field goal attempt.

However, this action was not punishable because Daly did not have his head down at the moment of contact directly after the snap. Only if he had been touched at that moment would Slaton’s action have been punishable, the report said.

The result would have been a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness against the Packers, which would have given the Bears a chance to kick the field goal again – but this time from a much better position.

Bears kicker Cairo Santos was blocked by Packers player Karl Brooks as he attempted a 46-yard kick with the clock running out.

“They were on our long snapper, so we’ll file a complaint and see what the league says,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus announced after the defeat.

It was the Bears’ 11th straight loss to Green Bay; Chicago’s last win against the NFC North rival came in 2018. After the fourth bankruptcy in a row, Eberflus is also gradually running out of steam.