This season has been filled with a lot of ups and downs for Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey. In the team's 11th win of the year against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 16, Parkey missed his lone field goal attempt. Inconsistency has been something plaguing Parkey's game all season long in Chicago.

The kicker position has been a thorn in Chicago's side the last few seasons. Just before the start of the 2016 season the Chicago Bears made a fairly surprising move by deciding to move on from kicker Robbie Gould. The veteran kicker joined Chicago in 2005 and put together the best career of a kicker in Bears history. He ended his stint in Chicago as the team's all-time leading scorer after 11 seasons that included one Pro Bowl nod and an appearance in the Super Bowl.

Chicago replaced Gould with Connor Barth and the results were not pretty. In Barth's first season in Chicago he made 18 of his 23 field-goal attempts and was brought back on a one-year deal last offseason. The Bears brought in competition during training camp in the form of undrafted free agent Andy Phillips and former second-round pick Roberto Aguayo, but Barth still entered the regular season as the team's kicker. In 10 games he hit on just 11 of his 16 field-goal attempts and was shown the door after missing a game-tying field goal against the Detroit Lions in Week 11.

Parkey signed a four-year deal worth $15 million this offseason with Chicago. He has made 22 of his 29 attempts this year and 41 of his 43 extra points. If Chicago wants to make a change at the position ahead of the playoffs, below is a list of available kickers.