‘Emotional’ Pineiro drills 53-yard FG to raise Bears
DENVER — Chicago Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro kicked a 53-yard area objective as time expired to propel Chicago to a 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos.
Pineiro completed the sport Three-for-Three on area objective makes an attempt, together with a 52-yard conversion within the second quarter.
“It felt completely different. This was an emotional kick,” Pineiro mentioned afterwards. “With all the things I have been by means of. The entire kicking scenario. The Augusta silence. The media, all people piling on.”
The Bears (1-1) went 1-of-2 on 50-yard area targets final season. The final time Chicago made two 50-yard area targets in the identical sport was 2011 on the Oakland Raiders, in accordance with ESPN Stats & Data.
The Bears settled on Pineiro to switch Cody Parkey after an exhaustive offseason search that at one level included 9 place-kickers on the membership’s annual rookie minicamp in Could.
The Bears traded for Pineiro within the spring after he spent final yr on the Oakland Raiders’ injured reserve checklist.
“I like rooting for good individuals and he is an excellent individual,” Bears coach Matt Nagy mentioned. “He fought for lots to get so far. He listened to coaches, he trusted himself, and teammates that imagine in him. Good issues occur to good individuals. 42-yarder, 52-yarder, 53 to win the sport. Cannot make that up.”
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Eddy Pineiro describes the emotion round his game-winning kick and the way kicking for the Bears resembles his time at Florida.
Pineiro, 24, is an ideal Four-for-Four on the season after nailing his lone try in final week’s season-opening loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
“Every time you’ve got a brand new man are available in, you wish to see if that exact participant has the ‘dawg’ in him — that means that uncooked, does not care, simply going to go in there and compete persona,” Bears cornerback Prince Amukamara mentioned. “All all through coaching camp, OTAs, we have simply seen that in Eddy. He is all the time had ice in his veins. When he missed one, he was by no means shaken over it.”