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.