After spending the first five days of our Windy City Gridiron Chicago Bears round table on the defense, today we’re tackling the special teams and wondering about kicker Eddy Piniero.
After an near circus atmosphere at times last year with several kickers vying to replace ‘He who shall not be named,’ the Bears settled on Piniero and his 2019 wasn’t bad.
He fought though a mid-season injury that coincided with a poor stretch, and the Bears seemingly didn’t trust him to make long field goals, but this is the norm for first year kickers.