Would-be Bear Novak still kickin'

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- A couple of years of up-and-down play bykickers was settled when Robbie Gould came on two years ago and thenearned All-Pro honors last season, scoring 143 points.

Joining him in camp is Nick Novak, the man who would have had hisjob with the Bears in 2005 had Novak not been in Washington at thetime filling in for injured John Hall.

Novak, who spent the 2005 preseason with the Bears, was thekicker they intended to bring in when Doug Brien faltered that fall,but he wasn't available. Talk about opportunity knocking for Gould.

Novak later bounced to Arizona and back to Washington. The Bearssigned him in February and allocated him to Europe, …