Packers wise to avoid kicking carousel by keeping Mason Crosby – Green Bay Packers Blog

GREEN BAY, Wis. — When the Chicago Bears cut Robbie Gould on the eve of the 2016 season, they thought they were getting a younger, longer-term kicker in Connor Barth.

They were wrong.

Instead, it was the start of a revolving door of kickers that hasn’t stopped spinning. Since Gould, the Bears have employed five kickers over the past four seasons — from Barth to Eddy Pineiro, with Mike Nugent, Cairo Santos and Cody Parkey in between.