Jake Moody stood on the field at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Monday night and looked around as rain fell down on him. His Chicago Bears teammates shouted around him before they suddenly lifted Moody up on their shoulders and started raising him up and down.

Moody smiled as some of his teammates, whom he had just introduced himself to earlier in the day, started patting him and jumping up and down around him.

It was a surreal moment for Moody. The San Francisco 49ers had waived him after one game in September before he ended up on the Bears’ practice squad. But there he was, celebrating with his teammates after he kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Bears a 25-24 win over the Washington Commanders.

“It feels amazing, obviously,” Moody said. “Hit

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