The Bears’ entered the off-season in a no-win scenario. No matter what they did with the placekicker situation, they were going to lose. If they had kept Cody Parkey, it would be viewed as the complacent move of a front office that was out of touch with reality. If they had tried to trade for Robbie Gould (and, let’s be honest, they might have done exactly that) told-you-sos would have flown over the fact that they were giving up assets to get back a player they had cut. Finally, had they simply tried out a couple of kickers at the position in the conventional manner, then people would have been convinced that they were not doing enough.
Matt Nagy, Ryan Pace, and the Gordian Goalpost
