Portents

For you fans out there keeping score, the results from yesterday’s game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara was ex-Bears’ kicker Robbie Gould three field goals in three attempts and current Bears’ kicker Cody Parkey zero field goals in one attempt.  For the season, Gould is 33 for 34 and Parkey 22 for 29.

The good news is, the Bears beat the 49ers by a score of 14-9; last year, they would’ve lost 9-7 (and in fact lost to San Francisco at home 15-14 on five Gould field goals).  The bad news is a couple of things.

Quarterback Mitch Trubisky lateraled to Tariq Cohen on looked to be another trick play gone awry; that would be three in the last two games.  My motto for the Bears’ offense:  Don’t be clever, be good.  Alas, head coach Matt Nagy wants to be both and looks intent on trying until he gets it right, or the season ends, whichever comes first in the playoffs.

The second bit of bad news is…(wait for it) the kicking game.  You don’t want your shot at the Super Bowl riding on Cody Parkey’s leg from fifty yards out.  Didn’t Richard III say something about his kingdom for a horse?  Bears’ GM Ryan Pace may be repeating that line by season’s end.