Remember a simpler time when Cody Parkey was the problem? We were so innocent back then!
Parkey’s obsession with goalposts and crossbars had caused a nuclear disaster, and the city spent last offseason in a lather about the Bears’ kicking situation. That produced coach Matt Nagy’s kicker jamboree over the summer, with nine guys you never heard of being put through pressure situations that eventually would leave one the victor and the rest eligible to join the Navy Seals. Boy, were we worried/steamed/distressed/apoplectic! The team’s Super Bowl dreams obviously hinged on a size-7 foot.
I was reminded of how things have changed for the Bears by the news Tuesday that Parkey had signed with the Titans.