Just before the start of the 2016 season, Bears General Manager Ryan Pace cut kicker Robbie Gould. That would prove to be a costly decision when the team finally decided to be good and need a kicker of his magnitude in a big spot.
Since his dismissal, Gould leads the NFL in field goal percentage, while the Bears have had a series of kicking problems that culminated in Cody Parkey double-doinking a field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs.
He will be getting his walking papers in less than a week.
The Bears kicking problems might be coming to end if you factor in the recent comments by Robbie Gould, who still makes the Chicago area his primary home.
“Once a Bear always a Bear,” he said. “I truly mean that. This is where I spent 11 years of my life playing for an awesome organization. I’ve developed a lot of great relationships throughout the city but also the organization, just like I’ve done in New York, just like I’ve done in San Francisco. Will it happen? I don’t know.”
Unfortunately for the Bears, the 49ers are not likely to let him leave since they are able to slap the franchise tag on him.
“They have the opportunity to get a contract done with me,” Gould said of the 49ers. “Obviously, they have exclusive rights to talk to me until free agency opens. There’s no reason not to. . . . At this point, I’m just enjoying being around my kids and not really worried about the football contract.”
