EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – It is a redemption tour for the New York Giants roster the past few weeks.

Cornerback Coty Sensabaugh got a crack at the Los Angeles Rams last month just weeks after he was released. Leon Hall saw his former team the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night after he left this offseason.

Kicker Robbie Gould gets to face the Chicago Bears on Sunday at MetLife Stadium just months after they shockingly cut him.

Robbie Gould has attempted only one field goal as a Giant, but he's hoping for a few more chances against the Bears on Sunday. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports

Gould wears a Giants jersey these days, signed to a one-year deal as a last-minute replacement for Josh Brown before the Giants traveled to London last month. He spent the previous 11 years of his career with the Bears.

But Chicago blindsided him right before the start of the regular season. It took seven weeks before he found his new home in New Jersey.

“Yeah, I didn’t see it coming,” Gould said. “Obviously, they cut me at nine o’clock at night on Sunday right before the first week. We never had conversations about that. I was preparing to play the Houston Texans, but they made a decision that my performance wasn’t what they were looking for, and those are decisions that organizations get to make.

“So, for me, I am just excited to be in this locker room with a great group of guys, getting a chance to do what I love to do and do it to the best of my abilities and help the team win.”

Gould insists there are no hard feelings. He understands the business.

Bears coach John Fox made a decision he thought was best for the team. They signed veteran Connor Barth to take Gould’s place. Barth has made 12-of-15 field goals and all 15 of his extra-point attempts.

“[Fox] is a great coach. Obviously he has a long list of wins under his belt. He has coached teams to Super Bowls. There are tough decisions that get made all the time and they made decisions that they had to make to make their team better, and it is just something that they did,” Gould said. “I am not mad about it. I am not upset about it. I had a great run there, and I hope we have a better run here Sunday than they do and realistically, I was talking to Coach [Ben] McAdoo at practice, what do I have to be upset about? I got to play with one team for 11 years with a lot of great teammates, with a lot of good memories, and they made a decision. I am really happy here, I love being a Giant, I love being in the Giants organization, and I have a lot of respect for the guys that are going to be across from me playing, so hopefully we come out with a win.”

Gould admits it’s not necessarily a bad thing to play for a team that is 6-3 rather than 2-7. He could have an opportunity to make some big, meaningful kicks, something he has done consistently throughout a career in which he has connected on 86 percent of his field-goal attempts.

So far with the Giants, his role has been limited by the situation. He has attempted just one field goal in three games, a 29-yarder in his first game against the Rams.

It would extra special for opportunities to come this week.

“It is not too often that you get to play against a team that you have played for, for so long, but I have a lot of respect for those guys in that locker room and I know how talented they are,” Gould said. “Their record does not obviously show the type of team that they are, so we can’t take them easy, and it is going to be a fun game. I think it will be a good game. I think they will be ready to play.

“I saw that Pernell McPhee already is excited to play against Eli Manning. You have got to love Pernell. I love him. He is one of my favorite teammates of all time.”

McPhee sent out warning signs to Manning and the Giants on Wednesday. He promised to “tear his ass up” by sacking the Giants quarterback.

Gould laughed it off, and he’s hoping to have the last laugh on Sunday against his former team.