The images and sounds of Cody Parkey’s season-ending double-doink are still seared into the deepest depths of my memory fresh. Some wounds heal slower than others. So with that in mind, the Bears had each of the eight kickers in town for this weekend’s rookie mini-camp try a 43-yard field goal.
And the results … weren’t all that great.
#Bears had all 8 kickers try a FG from 43 yards, the length of Cody Parkey’s miss, at end of practice. That was intentional, coach Matt Nagy says. The kickers went 2-for-8
— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley) May 3, 2019
I’m not mathematician, but going 2-for-8 from 43 isn’t good. In fact, that checks out to a 25 percent success rate. Yuck. That’s no good. And while it’s just a tryout, the lack of success in a no-pressure practice situation isn’t at all encouraging. Actually, it’s quite frightening.
I suppose we could focus our energy on the two kickers who *DID* make it from Parkey range:
Evans and Baron https://t.co/4vFdLIxdfz
— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley) May 3, 2019
John Baron II and Spencer Evans were the only kickers who split the uprights. Hooray for them! Surely, this will help them get a leg up on the situation — even if it’s a practice kick with nothing on the line.
Even after making today’s kick, each will probably have to do some more in order to really make a push to fill the vacancy at kicker. Though, I suppose making it from Parkey range is a good way to make a quality first impression