Years from now, your standard rabid Bears fan will remember what he was doing the moment he heard the bad news that Robbie Gould had agreed to a new contract with the 49ers. The story broke at 7:15 a.m. Monday, so our man was probably in a Bears-themed onesie and washing down an Italian beef with a beer.
The two-year deal will give Gould $10.5 million in guaranteed money, ending the dream of many a Bears fan that the kicker and his former team would reunite. That would explain all the black clothing around town Monday.
Since the Bears pushed him aside before the 2016 season, Gould has loomed larger and larger in the imagination of the Bears’ faithful.