Olindo Mare Olindo Franco Mare ( born June 6 , 1973 ) is an American football placekicker currently playing for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League . He was originally signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 1996 . He played college football at MacMurray College and Syracuse . Mare , who was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1999 , has also played for the Miami Dolphins , New Orleans Saints & Seattle Seahawks . Early years . Mare attended Cooper City High School ( Cooper City , Florida ) , and was a student of Michael Manning , lettering in football and soccer . Olindo Mare graduated from Cooper City High School in 1991 . Olindo played at MacMurray College in Jacksonville , Illinois and finished his college career for the Syracuse Orange . Professional career . Starting his career in 1996 , Mare has a career field goal percentage of 81 . 1 % . He is considered to be one of the best in the league at kickoffs , with a career average of 63 . 8 yards . New York Giants . He was originally signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 1996 . Then he was released before the season . Miami Dolphins . Mare played the first 10 seasons of his career with the Miami Dolphins . In 2001 , Mare attempted his first , and thus far , only rushing attempt on fake field goal against the Carolina Panthers . He was stopped for a 5 yard loss . While in 2004 season , when Mare was out with a calf injury , current New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker replaced him and became only the second player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt , kick an extra point and a field goal , and make a tackle in a single game . During the 2005 season , he scored 25 of 30 on field goals , averaged 67 . 0 yards per kickoff , and had 16 touchbacks in 73 kicks . Mare also recorded his first career fumble recovery during the season on an onside kick . New Orleans Saints . On April 3 , 2007 , the Dolphins traded Mare to the New Orleans Saints for a 2007 sixth - round draft pick . He inherited the position from kicker John Carney , who was released from the team a day after . He missed his first field goal attempt of the against the Indianapolis Colts . At the midway point of the 2007 season , Mare had made exactly half of his field goal attempts . He also missed 3 field goals in the final preseason game . Early in the season , it was revealed that Mare injured his groin muscle , and punter Steven Weatherford took over on kick - offs for a few games . While playing the Jacksonville Jaguars , Mare missed his second attempt of the game , and ended up being called on again only a couple minutes later after the Saints intercepted and drove back into field goal range . Fans booed Mare as he walked on the field to attempt the long shot ( over 50 yards ) , which he missed . Despite the reaction of fans , and his extremely poor play , head coach Sean Payton continued to stand by the kicker until he was injured in the second game against the Atlanta Falcons , and replaced with Martín Gramática . On February 27 , 2008 he was released from the Saints after only one season . Seattle Seahawks . On March 27 , 2008 , Mare signed with the Seattle Seahawks to a two - year contract worth $ 3 . 5 million . He won the kicking battle during training camp and pre - season against Brandon Coutu . He had a superb 2008 season as he finished the season kicking 24 / 27 field goals and making all of his PATs . In 2009 , Mare faced significant scrutiny after missing two field goals in a week 3 game against the Chicago Bears . The misses resulted in a 6 point loss for the Seahawks . In a post - game news conference , Head Coach Jim Mora Jr . called Mare ' s playing " not acceptable " . Olindo Mare had a fantastic 2009 season as he finished with 24 / 26 field goals with a franchise record 21 straight . He earned a 2009 Pro Bowl Alternate honor and a franchise tag that will give him a base salary of what the top 5 kickers make in the NFL or a 20 % salary increase , whichever is more . Dick Stockton ' s inability to pronounce Mare ' s last name correctly has resulted in the nickname Mar - AA . Mar - AA is a reference to a Seattle drinking game . Chicago Bears . On December 11 , 2012 , the Bears signed Mare to a 1 - year deal due to an injury to Robbie Gould . Mare beat out Billy Cundiff and Neil Rackers for the job . Mare played his first game as a Bear on December 16 , 2012 against the Green Bay Packers . Mare was successful on both of his field goal attempts but the Bears would go on to lose 21 - 13 . Personal . Mare is married to his wife Sandy , with three sons , Hayden , Rylan , and Landon , and one daughter , Kayla . Mare is mentioned in Wale ' s song " TV in the Radio " in the line " I kick it , kick it like Olindo . " Mare is a fan of the Italian soccer team Juventus since his father was born in Turin . Mare is briefly featured in the music video for " Jigga Jigga ! " by Scooter ( band ) during a game against the San Diego Chargers in the 2003 season for the Miami Dolphins . He is shown momentarily about 8 seconds into the music video .