Thursday, March 15, 2012

Camp leg? Not this year Rookies will get real shot at booting slumping Edinger

Tyler Jones and Nick Novak will get their first chances to impressin the Bears' kicking derby today as rookie minicamp begins, butveteran Paul Edinger figures he already has a leg up on thecompetition.

With a tweak in his approach, Edinger has been in the team'soffseason workout program for three weeks, kicking almost daily infront of special-teams coach Dave Toub. No longer does Edinger lineup by taking steps backward and then to the side for his unusualcorkscrew windup. Now he retreats at an angle, a new approach hehopes will bring consistency to his game after he led the league withnine missed field goals last season.

I was approaching the ball a tad different …

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