Cairo Santos - 5 year contract

[Milky]

He's going to knock in about 70% of his kicks now......

While Eddy P goes onto to become the next Justin Tucker.

 

[jtreal3]

Nice...there ain't no stoppin this super train

 

[BearDown104]

Didn’t we cut Gould over this kind of money?

 

[modo]

Didn’t we cut Gould over this kind of money?

Gould was making an extra million on a significantly worse team

 

[msadows]

Santos was actually accurate.

Not, the ball wobbled a lot but still made it thru accurate. Actually accurate.

Hopefully it continues.

Agreed.

I was listening to espn 1000 on the ride back home and people were actually complaining that we are prioritizing re-signing our kicker over other things.

Almost like people forgot 2018.

Hope Santos does well. I know our cap situation is tight but without a reliable kicker you get stuck in another parkey situation.

 

[modo]

Wanny bet?

 

[mceownr22]

Do we end up keeping the whole ST stable together? Mega punt has been quite consistent from the eye test.. no stats to back this up

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Great. So the next G.M will be saddled to a franchise kicker. Great googly moogly.

 

[RubberBanMan]

Yeah totally expecting eddy to sign with vikings and become a hof kicker now.

but there’s no way bears could choose him over santos after last year.

 

[BearDown104]

Gould was making an extra million on a significantly worse team

Bears were in the wild card game 3 years after cutting him. Sure could have used him if I recall.

 

[modo]

Bears were in the wild card game 3 years after cutting him. Sure could have used him if I recall.

Gould had a bad year the year he was let go.

I honestly don't blame Pace for doing what he did.

I do blame Pace for not replacing that talent in time however.

 

[GoBears]

Wow, I can't believe I'm about to say this but, "Good job, Pace."

 

[Pegger]

I know it's nice to have the kicker position locked down, but with it being such a mentally finicky position is anyone worried about how many times he's been cut from an NFL team? I mean, his 2020 season with the Bears looks more like the anomaly than what to expect:

Games	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Scoring		Scoring	Kickoffs	Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV
2014	23	KAN		5	16	0	1	1	10	10	6	5	11	8	2	1	30	25	53	83.3%	38	38	100.0%	80	5085	26	32.5%	63.6						3
2015	24	KAN		5	16	0			8	7	10	10	11	9	8	4	37	30	53	81.1%	41	39	95.1%	90	5721	40	44.4%	63.6						3
2016	25	KAN		5	16	0			9	8	17	15	7	6	2	2	35	31	53	88.6%	39	36	92.3%	86	5355	48	55.8%	62.3						3
2017	26	2TM			5	0					4	4			1		5	4	39	80.0%	14	14	100.0%	20	1308	12	60.0%	65.4						1
		CHI		2	2	0					1	1			1		2	1		50.0%	2	2	100.0%	2	130	2	100.0%	65.0						0
		KAN		5	3	0					3	3					3	3		100.0%	12	12	100.0%	18	1178	10	55.6%	65.4						1
2018	27	2TM			9	0	1	1	4	4	6	6	6	3	1		18	14	45	77.8%	23	22	95.7%	49	2977	19	38.8%	60.8						1
		LAR		3	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1				6	5		83.3%	6	5	83.3%	13	821	7	53.8%	63.2						0
		TAM		5	7	0			2	2	4	4	5	3	1		12	9		75.0%	17	17	100.0%	36	2156	12	33.3%	59.9						1
2019	28	TEN		7	5	0					3	1	3	2	3	1	9	4	53	44.4%	12	12	100.0%	21	1339	12	57.1%	63.8						0
2020	29	CHI	k	2	16	0			9	9	10	10	10	9	3	2	32	30	55	93.8%	37	36	97.3%	86	5252	42	48.8%	61.1						5
Career				83		2	2	40	38	56	51	48	37	20	10	166	138	55	83.1%	204	197	96.6%	432	27037	199	46.1%	62.6						16
4 yrs	KAN			51	0	1	1	27	25	36	33	29	23	12	7	105	89	53	84.8%	130	125	96.2%	274	17339	124	45.3%	63.3						10
2 yrs	CHI			18	0			9	9	11	11	10	9	4	2	34	31	55	91.2%	39	38	97.4%	88	5382	44	50.0%	61.2						5
1 yr	LAR			2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1				6	5	39	83.3%	6	5	83.3%	13	821	7	53.8%	63.2						0
1 yr	TAM			7	0			2	2	4	4	5	3	1		12	9	45	75.0%	17	17	100.0%	36	2156	12	33.3%	59.9						1
1 yr	TEN			5	0					3	1	3	2	3	1	9	4	53	44.4%	12	12	100.0%	21	1339	12	57.1%	63.8						0

 

[Butkus34]

Most cuts have come after he was injured, that's the big thing, if he stays healthy he will be good

 

[Chicagosports89]

I know it's nice to have the kicker position locked down, but with it being such a mentally finicky position is anyone worried about how many times he's been cut from an NFL team? I mean, his 2020 season with the Bears looks more like the anomaly than what to expect:

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV
Games	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Scoring		Scoring	Kickoffs	Punting
2014	23	KAN		5	16	0	1	1	10	10	6	5	11	8	2	1	30	25	53	83.3%	38	38	100.0%	80	5085	26	32.5%	63.6						3
2015	24	KAN		5	16	0			8	7	10	10	11	9	8	4	37	30	53	81.1%	41	39	95.1%	90	5721	40	44.4%	63.6						3
2016	25	KAN		5	16	0			9	8	17	15	7	6	2	2	35	31	53	88.6%	39	36	92.3%	86	5355	48	55.8%	62.3						3
2017	26	2TM			5	0					4	4			1		5	4	39	80.0%	14	14	100.0%	20	1308	12	60.0%	65.4						1
		CHI		2	2	0					1	1			1		2	1		50.0%	2	2	100.0%	2	130	2	100.0%	65.0						0
		KAN		5	3	0					3	3					3	3		100.0%	12	12	100.0%	18	1178	10	55.6%	65.4						1
2018	27	2TM			9	0	1	1	4	4	6	6	6	3	1		18	14	45	77.8%	23	22	95.7%	49	2977	19	38.8%	60.8						1
		LAR		3	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1				6	5		83.3%	6	5	83.3%	13	821	7	53.8%	63.2						0
		TAM		5	7	0			2	2	4	4	5	3	1		12	9		75.0%	17	17	100.0%	36	2156	12	33.3%	59.9						1
2019	28	TEN		7	5	0					3	1	3	2	3	1	9	4	53	44.4%	12	12	100.0%	21	1339	12	57.1%	63.8						0
2020	29	CHI	k	2	16	0			9	9	10	10	10	9	3	2	32	30	55	93.8%	37	36	97.3%	86	5252	42	48.8%	61.1						5
Career				83		2	2	40	38	56	51	48	37	20	10	166	138	55	83.1%	204	197	96.6%	432	27037	199	46.1%	62.6						16
4 yrs	KAN			51	0	1	1	27	25	36	33	29	23	12	7	105	89	53	84.8%	130	125	96.2%	274	17339	124	45.3%	63.3						10
2 yrs	CHI			18	0			9	9	11	11	10	9	4	2	34	31	55	91.2%	39	38	97.4%	88	5382	44	50.0%	61.2						5
1 yr	LAR			2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1				6	5	39	83.3%	6	5	83.3%	13	821	7	53.8%	63.2						0
1 yr	TAM			7	0			2	2	4	4	5	3	1		12	9	45	75.0%	17	17	100.0%	36	2156	12	33.3%	59.9						1
1 yr	TEN			5	0					3	1	3	2	3	1	9	4	53	44.4%	12	12	100.0%	21	1339	12	57.1%	63.8						0

Not really. Hes been extremely good when healthy. Poor play has actually been the outlier for him

 

[Anytime23]

Didn’t we cut Gould over this kind of money?

love Gould but to be completely fair, and i dont remember how much money he was making, but he was trending downward.

 

[Butkus34]

Gould had a down year where the stats looked ok, but the misses were mostly during the 2nd half of the year and he was making over 4 mil a year

 

[Pegger]

Most cuts have come after he was injured, that's the big thing, if he stays healthy he will be good

That may be the case, but then doesn't it mean his history suggests he's injury prone?

I'm not trying to be a negative nelly, but I didn't see this coming because I never thought it made sense. Sign him to a one or two year deal, but a 5 year for $16M? Then again, I don't know the terms of the deal, so it could easily be reported as one thing, but actually be another.

With that being said the $3.2M/season ($16M/5years) isn't much, but Tucker is the highest paid at $5M. Hell, Gould is just a slight be above what the reported numbers are.

 

[bears5150]

There goes the money for Wilson or Watson?

 

[rawdawg]

Like has been said, he had a bad hip injury which is the only reason he ever got cut from KC. All the subsequent cuts were him not being fully recovered from the hip surgery. I don't really like paying kickers, but it's probably fine. I wouldn't expect him to continue to make 94% of his kicks though. He'll probably settle around league average in the mid 80s, which could be had for cheaper, but it's likely to be fine.

I probably wouldn't pay O'Donnell though. This is actually a pretty decent draft for punters. I'd just pick a guy and get cheap production there.