I’m Guessing Jim Mora Is Not Happy with His Kicker
“There’ s no excuses for those,” Mora said through gritted teeth. “If you’re a kicker in the National Football League, you should make those kicks. Bottom line. End of story. Period. No excuses. No wind. Doesn’t matter.
“You’ve got to make those kicks, especially in a game like this when you’re kicking and scratching and fighting and playing your tail off and you miss those kicks? Not acceptable. Not acceptable. Absolutely not acceptable.”
Jim Mora was understandably pissed because he knows that the little things like failing to make an adjustment on a field goal can be the difference from a winning season and a losing season. He knows it’s the little things like that which get a coach fired. The thing is Mora is not exactly endearing himself to the players (the kicker at least) by going on a rant like this. He deflects the blame from himself to Mare and it makes everyone else feel the same way. Now why would that be a bad thing? Is there another kicker available who would be better than Olindo Mare? He better hope so because Mare’s not exactly going to be comfortable in Seattle the rest of the year. And how about the Bears winning two weeks in a row thanks to a pair of missed field goals by the opponent? Unreal.