You know, I can't help but think Matt Nagy saw that exercise playing out a little more...um...accurately when he drew it up. I get why he made a call back to the traumatizing end to his team's season, being that he was testing the focus and fortitude of those attempting to replace the guy who, with the help of a lightly grazed fingertip, somewhat sabotaged it. However, in retrospect, perhaps he would have sent a similar enough message by having them kick 42 or 44 yard field goals had he known he'd be giving a relatively unchanged roster frightening flashbacks six (out of eight) times over. I don't know. I very well could have a misunderstanding of the mood during NFL mini-camps, but I think you'd want to do everything possible to introduce your rookies into a slightly more favorable environment than one of doom-and-gloom in which the sky is falling. Just seems like the wrong...::cringe::...foot to get off on. Of course, in a perfect world, going 8-for-8 would have been a hell of a way to immediately wash themselves clean of the stink they've worn since being double-boinked into despair. Unfortunately, as they learned the hard way, the world of placekicking is about as perfect in it's predictability as a game of Russian Roulette. Speaking of, let's hope that's not Matt Nagy's plan to drain the kicking pool of debris on Day 2, for if there's a group that currently needs not gun nor bullet to shoot themselves in the foot then it's the unlucky legs of the Chicago Bears.
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