Can't help but really feel for this kid. By all accounts a really good guy.
He's got to feel awful tonight. I guess I have a soft spot for kickers and for some reason I feel really bad for him tonight. Essentially blew his one big moment. And the Bears fans let him know about it as well.
What will be lost is the choke job the defense had down the stretch.
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must've lost money on this game, because the vitriol directed at someone trying his best to do his job is pretty intense. Here's hoping no one here drops a pencil at work or forgets to edit that weekly report for the boss on Friday.
If my job is to protect pencils and I drop one that causes it to shatter, costing my company a chance to win a contract, I might get fired and certainly would take some blame.
If that weekly report is the deciding factor in investing $10M and I don't edit it and the company makes a bad decision - I'm probably at risk of getting fired.
Is this really a tough concept to understand?
The fact that it's self-inflicted is irrelevant. I feel bad for good people who feel bad. Basic stuff. Doesn't mean I want him to be my kicker.
That's my take as well.
Yes Parkey is a paid pro and his job is to make that kick but any Bears fan knows he was shaky all year and couldn't have had much confidence in him in that spot.
No so for their D and I'd bet most felt their D wouldn't give up a late game winning TD drive at home.
Myself I'd be more upset with something I never expected to happen than something I knew had a good possibility of happening.
They also handled the clock poorly at the end of the game. No one seemed to know what the plan was and there was a lot of scrambling. Nagy didn't seem ready for it.
If that's the giants, I'm irate at the kicker right now. That's a kick that is made 90% of the time by the average NFL PK.
Put it this way, if Rosas misses that kick, are we blaming the D? Hell, people still think the Norwood miss was a chip shot, when the guy was 1-7 lifetime on grass over 45 yards
This was a gimme.
If that's the giants, I'm irate at the kicker right now. That's a kick that is made 90% of the time by the average NFL PK.
Put it this way, if Rosas misses that kick, are we blaming the D? Hell, people still think the Norwood miss was a chip shot, when the guy was 1-7 lifetime on grass over 45 yards
This was a gimme.
No I get that but Rosas was near perfect this year and no doubt I'd be pissed and blaming him. If it was Rosas of last year who was shaky, I'd still blame him but I would've had no confidence in him making the kick to begin with and been more pissed we didn't have someone better to use in that spot.
I can't imagine many Bears fans having faith in Parkey in that spot last night so while rightfully pissed, they had to be at least expecting it.
In either case if we had the #1 D in the league, I'd be really pissed at giving up that drive. Sure kickers are paid to do their jobs but any Bears fans had to have more faith in that D than their kicker and has to feel completely let down by them for giving up that drive.
I'm just speaking for myself but I'd be more upset and let down at the D for blind siding me than a shaky kicker doing what he's done all year. I'm not exonerating Parkey as like I said he's paid to make that kick, but it wasn't like I had confidence he would.
Clearly though there's enough blame to go around including their O not doing much in the 1st half especially.
That's a mismanagement issue. With the D being so good, you have to sign a reliable vet, even if the guy has limited range.
But you still have to feel compassion for him as a human being. I've been embarrassed before but not in front of millions of people. Must be absolutely soul crushing.
They also stopped a crucial 2 point conversion after the 4th down play, giving their offense and kicker a chance to win thereafter.
Special teams then proceeds to give the Bears great field position. Trubisky to his credit throws some dimes to Allen Robinson... its on Nagy for screwing up clock mgmt (why in hell do so many coaches still suck at this??????) and on the kicker for missing a chip shot.
And i dont care if its tipped.. last i checked its the kickers job to get air under it unless we're talking about a 50+ yarder in which case you do need to live with lower trajectory.
They also stopped a crucial 2 point conversion after the 4th down play, giving their offense and kicker a chance to win thereafter.
Special teams then proceeds to give the Bears great field position. Trubisky to his credit throws some dimes to Allen Robinson... its on Nagy for screwing up clock mgmt (why in hell do so many coaches still suck at this??????) and on the kicker for missing a chip shot.
And i dont care if its tipped.. last i checked its the kickers job to get air under it unless we're talking about a 50+ yarder in which case you do need to live with lower trajectory.
If you're referring to me I think your reading comp needs to improve. I clearly didn't just blame the D. I only said I would feel more let down by them and more pissed at them than a shaky kicker who I had no confidence in. I also said I wasn't exonerating Parkey.
I don't agree 60 yds for a TD is a "short field" as it wasn't like they recovered a fumble in Bears territory but to each their own. The #1 D in the league at home has to be able to keep them from scoring a TD on that drive.
If they had an adequate kicker, it wouldn't have mattered.
If they had an adequate kicker, it wouldn't have mattered.
True but wouldn't you also expect your D who is #1 in the league to stop them or have a lot of confidence they would stop them? I know I would on both especially at home.
Not having an adequate kicker just compounds for me how important it was for them to make the stop and why I felt they had to stop them. I would've rathered have the game in my D's hands than a shaky kicker, but unfortunately for the Bears they both failed in the biggest of spots.