
The Truth behind Cody Parkey’s “Double Doink”
- January 24, 2023
- 3 minutes read
On January 6, 2019, the Bears lined up for a field goal try down 16-15 against the Philadelphia Eagles with 10 seconds left in the NFC Wild Card Game. In what was a low-scoring affair for the Bears that game, the defense held the Eagles to just 16 points. The one man that could kick the Bears to the Divisional Round? Cody Parkey. From 43 yards out, Parkey lined up for his kick, Pat O’Donnell got set to hold the ball, and the ball was snapped. Parkey’s kick went almost perfectly through the uprights and the Bears thought they had moved on past the Eagles. But the play didn’t stand. Why? Philadelphia called a last-second timeout to “ice” the kicker. So after a timeout passed, Parkey and the Bears’ special teams crew lined up for a redo on the kick, thinking this kick would eliminate the Eagles from postseason contention. All was set, Parkey looked set, O’Donnell was ready to hold and Patrick Scales looked ready to snap the ball back. Then the snap happened. At that moment, all the pressure in the world amounted for Bears fans around the world. The snap? Near-perfect. The hold? Just about as good as it gets. The kick? Well, let’s get into that.
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