LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Bears will open the regular season on Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers with Eddy Pineiro as their starting place kicker, coach Matt Nagy announced on Sunday.
"We feel like he's certainly earned it," Nagy said. "We put him -- he made it through a lot of mental challenges, physical challenges, working through the highs and lows.
"It'll be fun to watch. It'll be interesting to see how he handles it. But he deserves it. He earned every right to be our kicker. And we feel good about it.