ROSEMONT, ILL.
As the ball hit the upright and crossbar, Robbie Gould could imagine how Cody Parkey felt. The Chicago Bears’ breakthrough season came to a crushing conclusion, particularly for their embattled kicker.
“I’ve been there,” he said. “I’ve missed game-winning kicks, too.”
Gould — who played at Penn State from 2001-04 — was there, watching from a suite at Soldier Field with his wife and three young sons as Parkey’s 43-yard attempt in the closing seconds of a 16-15 wild-card loss to defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia hit the left upright and then the crossbar.