Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2019
First-and-10: A look at Bears kicker Eddy Piñeiro’s ‘competition’
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Eddy Piñeiro (15) knows he still has plenty of competition for the Bears’ kicking job, even after Elliott Fry was cut Sunday. Several kicking battles around the NFL could yield a candidate to beat him out.Eddy Piñeiro’s reserved, almost sheepish response to “winning” the Bears’ place-kicker competition with Elliott Fry belied what seems like one of his best assets — he’s got an edge to him.
Piñeiro not only had the stronger leg, but seemed the most likely to develop into the Robbie Gould-like headstrong kicker who thinks he’s the quarterback — the kind of attitude that comes in handy when you kick half your games at Soldier Field.
