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Bears’ special teams coach: kicker derby was to avoid ‘the definition of insanity’

With his starting kicker finally on the roster, Bears special teams coordinator Chris Tabor defended the methods that eventually produced Eddy Pineiro.

The team held a nine-person kicker derby during rookie minicamp and ramped up the pressure during OTAs, but had a more conventional training camp.

“You say ‘unconventional’ and what I would tell you is, I mean, if you think about it, we’re trying to find a kicker,” Tabor said Monday. “And if we would just do the same thing over and over again and expect different results I think that’s the definition of insanity.”

Speaking for the first time since Aug.