I’ll never stop marveling that such important, multi-million dollar games played by huge, skilled and swift athletes so often come down to the tiny feet of dudes who likely have never played a regular down of football in their lives. But such it is.

So kudos to Chicago Bears kicker Jake Moody, who made four of five field goals Monday night against the Commanders, including the game-winner in the Bears' last-second 25-24 victory . Moody may have been a two-time All-American at Michigan, but the 49ers cut him recently for being inconsistent, and he was so new to the Bears' active roster that most players probably said hello to him for the first time in the shower after the game.

That is, the ones who didn’t lift him onto their shoulders in the postgame delirium.

My misgivings about ki

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