DOUBLE DOINK: Eagles win Wild Card after Bears kicker's game-winning field goal bounces twice on the goal post
- The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chicago Bears, 16-15, in the Wild Card to advance in the playoffs.
- Bears kicker Cody Parkey missed the go-ahead field goal in the final seconds when the ball hit the upright, then took a bad bounce on the crossbar.
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chicago Bears, 16-15, to advance in the Wild Card after Bears kicker Cody Parkey missed the go-ahead field goal in the final seconds.
In a low-scoring affair, Nick Foles led the go-ahead drive in the final minutes, hitting Golden Tate for the go-ahead touchdown to make it 16-15 with one minute to play. Running back Wendell Smallwood was stopped short of the goal line on the two-point conversion.
The Bears took over with less than a minute remaining, needing only to get into field goal range. Tarik Cohen helped their cause with a 35-yard kick return, then Mitch Trubisky made several big throws, including a 25-yard completion to Allen Robinson to get into range.
With ten seconds remaining, the Bears went for the field goal on 4th-and-2. The Eagles iced Parkey on his first attempt (which went through the goal posts). On Parkey's second attempt, he hit the upright, and the ball took a bad bounce on the crossbar and fell out. No good. Eagles win.
The ball might have fallen through the uprights if it had just landed differently on the cross.
Foles and the Eagles' magic continues, as they're through to the second round to play the New Orleans Saints.