Bears' Eddy Pineiro Shanks 41-Yard Field Goal to Lose Game
Chicago Bears kickers remain awful. On Sunday, Eddy Pineiro shanked a 41-yard field goal that would have given the Bears a home win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Instead, Chicago lost 17-16.
Check out the kick below:
Eddie Pineiro dressed as Cody Parkey this year ? pic.twitter.com/fp4EvZ0b7p
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Pineiro had missed a 33-yarder earlier in the game, doinking it off the right upright:
Eddy Pineiro is officially a Bears kicker pic.twitter.com/9Rd9VRvCuF
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Given that miss, it was curious that the Bears seemed to settle for a longer kick on their final drive. After gaining chunks of yardage, the Bears had the ball on LA' 21-yard line with 43 seconds left. Head coach Matt Nagy opted to have quarterback Mitchell Trubisky kneel on the ball and run the clock down to set up the field goal.
Bears kneeling at the 21 to set up Piñeiro. Not even trying to get closer.
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) October 27, 2019
That turned out to be a moronic decision.
In the end the coaching staff is as much to blame as Pineiro. They had a timeout and could have attempted to get even closer and make the kick even more of a chip shot. They didn't.