While this certainly won’t take the sting away after seeing the Chicago Bears narrowly lose a playoff game to the Philadelphia Eagles, knowing that Cody Parkey’s game winning 42-yard attempt was blocked could help the psyche of Chicago’s 26-year old kicker.
Parkey lined up with a chance to win the game with ten seconds left and the Bears down by one with the score 16 to 15. Just moments earlier, Parkey drilled one through the uprights while being iced by Eagles head coach Doug Pederson. The icing appeared to work when Parkey’s next kick bounced off the upright then again off the crossbar giving the Eagles the win.