Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro faces what might be NFL's most unstable job

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears’ most scrutinized offseason storyline rests on the right foot of Eddy Pineiro, the former undrafted kicker who enters Week 1 with a tenuous grip on the starting job.

Tenuous being, perhaps, an understatement.

The Bears’ much-publicized, and sometimes unorthodox, search to replace Cody Parkey (he of "double-doink" fame and eight missed field goals in 2018) ultimately led them to Pineiro, whom Chicago acquired from the Oakland Raiders in May.

Pineiro ended up as the last man standing in a nine-kicker derby that began at the post-draft rookie minicamp, but Chicago’s problem isn’t necessarily solved. Pineiro said on Sunday, after Bears coach Matt Nagy named…