SteelKing728 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Is this the right move? Should Chicago try their luck going with a rookie Kicker with what appears to be a Superbowl level team or do they pursue a veteran via Free Agency like Matt Bryant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKillerNacho Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Surprised this took so long after the Eagles game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 GOAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Go get Blair Walsh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Forge said: Go get Blair Walsh!! he was recently in a traffic accident. took a turn wide left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atown703 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 they are probably hoping SF lets Gould walk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I doubt he would be getting cut if the Eagles kick had been the first time he’d hit the upright that season. But it was about the seventh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 The bears should've never let the Gould standard go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinz D. Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, SwoleXmad said: The bears should've never let the Gould standard go. Yup.. Dumbest thing Pace has done thus far. 2 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: Is this the right move? Should Chicago try their luck going with a rookie Kicker with what appears to be a Superbowl level team or do they pursue a veteran via Free Agency like Matt Bryant? How could it be a bad move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Heinz D. said: Yup.. Dumbest thing Pace has done thus far. How could it be a bad move? Because the Bears are extremely strapped for cap space. They have 12.8 million in effective cap space. Cutting Parkey (I believe) still counts 4 million against their cap space. So a team that has Amos (8 million per), Callahan (8 million per) Lynch (6 million per) O'Donnell (say 2 million per) and a couple other players to re-sign, having to sign a kicker takes even more out of their cap space. They're effectively paying their kicker 4 million plus whatever they sign a kicker at. The 16th highest-paid kicker in the league is getting paid 600,000 dollars against the cap. 14th is 1 million. So if their plan is to sign an above average kicker free agent, they're spending a minimum of 6 million at kicker next year (new kicker plus Parkey dead cap). They could always draft one, but they have exceedingly little in draft capital. Parkey kicked 76% on his kicks. That's not good, but it certainly isn't terrible. Who's the best kicker in the league right now? Probably Tucker, right? He had an 82.5% season. Mason Crosby had a terrible season and kicked at 64% in 2012. The next season? His best year as a pro at 89%. If there was no dead money and nothing against the cap, yeah, you cut Parkey. Dead cap? For a kicker? Stupid. I think it's stupid because kickers are streaky. Parkey has had seasons of 89%, 75%, 80%, 91% and last year 77%. Why have any reason to believe he can't come back with a better season next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49erurtaza Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 5 hours ago, atown703 said: they are probably hoping SF lets Gould walk To bad he's getting franchised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinz D. Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, Outpost31 said: Because the Bears are extremely strapped for cap space. They have 12.8 million in effective cap space. Cutting Parkey (I believe) still counts 4 million against their cap space. So a team that has Amos (8 million per), Callahan (8 million per) Lynch (6 million per) O'Donnell (say 2 million per) and a couple other players to re-sign, having to sign a kicker takes even more out of their cap space. They're effectively paying their kicker 4 million plus whatever they sign a kicker at. The 16th highest-paid kicker in the league is getting paid 600,000 dollars against the cap. 14th is 1 million. So if their plan is to sign an above average kicker free agent, they're spending a minimum of 6 million at kicker next year (new kicker plus Parkey dead cap). They could always draft one, but they have exceedingly little in draft capital. They already have more cap space after their first cut. And--you're going "draft capital" route...when it comes to a kicker? Also, although you probably will refuse to believe it--Lynch won't be re-signed, and it's likely only one, between Callahan and Amos, stays. Painting them cutting an inconsistent kicker as some sort of self-destructive move is ludicrous. At best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 @Heinz D. because relying on a rookie kicker with Superbowl aspirations is a very bold move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 So they found a replacement from one of the fans attempting that same field goal in the parking lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 6 hours ago, SwoleXmad said: The bears should've never let the Gould standard go. He was really bad before the Bears cut him. Went to NYG and didn’t last more than half a season. But, yes based on their incompetent in replacing him they should have kept him and let him kick through it. That was 100% a John Fox move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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