The Chicago Bears placed starting kicker Eddy Pineiro on injured reserve with a groin injury, the group announced Tuesday.
Veteran Cairo Santos– currently on Chicagos practice team– will start Week 1 vs. the Detroit Lions, sources tell ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Pineiro, who began all 16 video games for the Bears in 2019 and ended up the year with 11 successive made basket, missed all of training school with the groin injury.
The Bears signed Santos on Aug. 25.
1 RelatedThe 28-year-old Santos briefly kicked for the Bears in 2017 and spent a number of years with coach Matt Nagy in Kansas City, where Santos had the most efficient seasons of his NFL career.
” Just being with him for I think it was around 4 years in Kansas City, I just keep in mind thinking that whole time that we were there, there was no concern at all whenever he was out there of making a basket,” Nagy stated. “There was a great deal of confidence in him.
” He has a fantastic personality and he comprehends his function and where hes at and what his job is, so for me, personally, just selfishly having him as a player in Kansas City helps out I think most likely with the frame of mind here in Chicago.”
In a matching lineup relocation, the Bears signed protective tackle Mario Edwards Jr
.
