Bears boot Blewitt, reduce variety of kickers to 2

LAKE FOREST, Ailing. — The Chicago Bears’ kicking competitors skilled one other setback on Tuesday, and it wound up costing one participant his job.

The Bears waived kicker Chris Blewitt on Wednesday in spite of everything three kickers who participated in Tuesday’s obligatory minicamp apply missed their respective 42-yard discipline aim makes an attempt in entrance of all the staff and roughly 25 Bears alumni who had gathered on the staff facility to look at the exercise.

“Um, no matter went by means of your thoughts went by means of my thoughts,” Bears head coach Matt Nagy mentioned of the poor kicking outcomes.

“Yeah, no, I imply, that is about as actual because it will get. They have been Zero-for-Three on the market. For right this moment, we will not have that. We’re going to determine this factor out however Zero-for-Three right this moment, no good.”

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Blewitt’s launch leaves Eddy Pineiro and Elliott Fry as the 2 Chicago kickers at present beneath contract. The Bears are scheduled to carry two extra minicamp practices earlier than the staff breaks for the summer time.

The Bears are anticipated to report back to coaching camp in late July, the place the kicking scenario will undoubtedly be one of many main storylines for a membership seeking to repeat as NFC North champion.

“We discuss it by means of and we determine it out and we do all the pieces we probably can to ensure that in the long run, after we get to the very finish, now we have the proper man there,” Nagy mentioned.

The Bears have actively looked for a brand new beginning place-kicker because the membership reduce Cody Parkey, who missed eight kicks final season, together with the notorious 43-yard double-doink on the finish of Chicago’s 16-15 playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.