CHICAGO -- As the losing locker room doors opened to the media, Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould was getting dressed and waiting for his firing squad.
“Everybody rolling?” he said.
When the media is waiting for a kicker, it’s either good or bad news. You’re the hero or the goat.
Gould was a wanted man because he missed a potential game-tying 50-yard field goal late in Sunday’s 24-21 loss to Washington. This came a week after missing two kicks in a 26-20 overtime loss to San Francisco, most notably a possible game-winner in regulation from 36 yards out.