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BATON ROUGE, LA – NOVEMBER 19: Eddy Pineiro #15 of the Florida Gators celebrates scoring the go ahead field goal during the second half of a game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) +

1. Eddy Pineiro has never missed from 43 yards, unlike… well, you know

Eddy Pineiro is not Cody Parkey, so that’s a step in the right direction.

After examining Pineiro’s college kicks, he was 1 for 1 from 43 yards. He’s never missed from 43, unlike Cody Parkey.

The bottom line, we can flash as many stats as we want about Pineiro, until he’s kicking in an NFL regular season and in inclement weather, no one will really know if he’s the answer for the Chicago Bears’ kicking woes.

But at least these stats show that it appears that Pineiro, for the first time this offseason, is a step in the right direction.