The Chicago Bears certainly have found ways to incite bad feelings in their former players over the years. That's not entirely their fault. Business is business and at the time most agreed with those decisions. Still the team has become a victim of what one might call an ex-Bears revenge tour over the past couple weeks. A week ago it was Alshon Jeffery posting 52 yards and a touchdown as the Eagles blew them away 31-3. Now it was time for Robbie Gould to get his.
The all-time leading scorer in Bears history couldn't have had it any other way. Going back to Soldier Field, perfect weather conditions and an ultra conservative opposing coach likes keeping games close. Sure enough after an initial Bears surge of 14 points they seemed to sit on the ball the rest of the game. Meanwhile Gould connected on 4-of-4 field goals to narrow the gap to 14-12.
Everyone in the building felt it coming. The 49ers would get the ball back. They'd drive down the field and let Robbie win it.
Robbie Gould couldn't resist excessive celebration
Almost like a train wreck that everybody sees coming and nobody can stop, that's what happened. San Francisco drove down the field, drained the clock thanks to some trademark atrocious game management by Fox and set up a chip shot 24-yard field goal for the win. Needless to say Gould put it right down the pipe. Afterwards he stared towards the Bears sideline and couldn't resist some fist-pumping.The loss pushed Chicago to 3-9 on the season. Fox is 0-7 in games where his team is favored across his three years. He's also 12-32 with four games left, putting him at a .267 winning percentage. If that holds, he will mathematically be the worst Bears head coach in franchise history. Abe Gibron remains atop that list at .268.
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