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New kicker Kai Forbath a ‘break-glass-in-case-of-emergency’ for Bears

Kicker Eddy Pineiro is “still part of our plans” despite being on injured reserve with a groin problem, Bears special teams coordinator Chris Tabor said on Thursday. Still, it appears Pineiro isn’t close to returning, as the Bears signed veteran Kai Forbath to the practice squad last week.’

Tabor said Forbath will be insurance in case starter Cairo Santos gets hurt — or worse.

“I mean obviously there’s a lot of COVID issues going around right now,” he said. “At that position, if someone would wake up in the morning with COVID, we’ve been in a lot of tight games and you don’t have a guy that can go out and make a field goal.