Robbie Gould was injured before the game on Sunday warming up in Minneapolis, and the injury ended up putting him on  injury reserve and ending his season.  The Bears will miss the third most accurate kicker in NFL history for the rest of the 2012 campaign.

The Bears had try outs at Halas Hall and the winner was the 39 year old Olindo Mare.  Mare played most of his career with the Dolphins, but I remember him most missing kicks the last time the Bears played in Seattle in 09.

The automatic Gould will be missed, and every field goal attempt will make every Bears fan anxious the rest of the season on, if the past few weeks losing games and players wasn’t bad enough now one of the real strengths of the Bears on special teams will also be on the sidelines for the rest of the season.

How much will the loss of Gould hurt the Bears playoff chances if any?

When I heard the Bears were bringing some kickers to try out at Halas Hall, I thought it was just for kicks (yuck yuck), but it turns out Robbie Gould’s strained left calf was a lot more serious than I thought.  The Bears sent Gould to Injured Reserve, ending his season and signed journeyman kicker Olindo Mare to replace him.  (more…)