Bears kickers come up clutch to end practice early

After a long couple of months, the Bears eventually had a kick to cheer about on Thursday.
Head coach Matt Nagy has thrown his set of kickers throughout the gauntlet that this offseason after Cody Parkey’s heartbreaking playoff double-doink from the Eagles.
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After cutting Parkey, Nagy brought in eight kickers a month and then narrowed the list to 3 — Chris Blewitt, Elliott Fry and Eddy Pineiro — before cutting Blewitt on Wednesday.
Along with his squad, Nagy wagered on the final day of mandatory minicamp. Pineiro and fry would each attempt a field goal. If kicker missed, the whole team needed to experience a conditioning test for the remainder of practice.
In a change of pace, both kickers nailed their efforts and Nagy sent everybody home for the summer.
“We put a bit of heat — shocking — about the kickers for conditioning to the group,” Nagy said, through ESPN. “They both nailed two 40-yarders down the center, so our guys got out of gassers, which was nice. Therefore, if you noticed any cheering, that is why.
“And then the cool thing was that I kind of got ahead of myself and I said,’You wanna go double or nothing for the beginning of training camp?”’ I thought they would balk, however they hawked down me and wanted more, and the two kickers were the first to jump at it and say,’Let us go.’ So that was good. They called my bluff. But they are running when we return [to training camp].”
It’s a welcome sight for Chicago to be embracing the kickers in a positive way heading into the break. But Nagy said Wednesday the Bears would still keep their options open over the summer — outside of Fry and Pineiro — the saga might not be just yet.

By suat in Uncategorized on 07/01/2020