A week before Robbie Gould missed a pair of field goals — including what would’ve been a game-winner — the Bears swapped snappers, waiving Thomas Gafford and signing Patrick Scales.
Bears special teams coach Jeff Rodgers admitted changing one-third of a field goal battery can throw off the timing of the operation, but said he didn’t think the switch had anything to do with those two debilitating misses that helped send the Bears to an overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
“There’s always an adjustment,” Rodgers said. “That whole process is, from the snap to the hold to the kick, along with the protection — there’s a lot of elements that go into being successful or unsuccessful.