The Bears are confident in Eddy Pineiro, but for how long?

Eddy Pineiro will be the Bears’ kicker Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers. The Bears’ long, winding search for a kicker — which featured that eight-kicker rookie minicamp tryout and replays of the double-doink and Augusta silence and Robbie Gould’s trade demand — is over.

“It’s a lot of weight lifted off my shoulders,” Pineiro said. “Just excited to be the guy. This organization believes in me and giving me a shot to be where I’m at. Just want to make them happy.”

The Bears feel Pineiro earned his job with a strong preseason in which he made eight of nine kicks and three of four PATs (which, of course, included his shank on Thursday). Coach Matt Nagy and special teams coordinator…