Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired on Sunday night to lift the Chicago Bears over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 in NFL Week 9, The Sporting Base reported.

Tampa Bay had levelled the game with 2:51 left through Bucky Irving's six-yard touchdown run and a Baker Mayfield two-point run, but the Bears drove back down the field to set up Santos for the winner. The Bears are 7-2 and the Buccaneers 3-6 after the result.

Packers dominate, Chiefs survive a scare

Elsewhere in the late slate, Jordan Love threw for 372 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another as the Green Bay Packers dominated the New England Patriots 45-27, DAZN reported. Green Bay scored 21 points off four New England turnovers, with 171 of Love's passing yards and one touchdown going to Christian Watson.

Patrick Mahomes gave Kansas City a scare when his right arm was bent on a strip-sack, but the Chiefs beat the New York Jets 35-12 to end a two-game losing streak and move to 6-2. The Los Angeles Chargers remain winless at 0-8 after CJ Stroud threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns to guide the Houston Texans to a 44-22 win.

Eagles' slide continues

The Philadelphia Eagles lost a seventh straight game, going down 19-11 to the New York Giants, their longest losing run since 2012. The Giants lead the NFC East at 5-2-1, while the Eagles sit at 2-7. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Las Vegas Raiders 38-17, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals 17-3, and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-17 in Madrid.

Week 9 scoreboard

The rest of Week 9 finished as follows: Dallas Cowboys 27, Indianapolis Colts 23; Detroit Lions 19, Miami Dolphins 9; New Orleans Saints 23, Cleveland Browns 22 in overtime; and the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers had the week off. The Buffalo Bills visit the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.

For Chicago, the win keeps a strong season on track. At 7-2, the Bears are firmly in the playoff race, and winning a game on the final play — after Tampa Bay had fought back to level the scores with under three minutes left — is the kind of result that builds belief in a dressing room. For Tampa Bay, at 3-6, the defeat is another missed chance in a season that keeps slipping away.