The Chicago Bears are still obsessing over the 'double doink'

Cody Parker of the Chicago Bears.
(Image credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

The "double doink" continues to haunt Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy's dreams, and it led him to orchestrate what Sports Illustrated considers the "wildest kicker search ever held."

The Bears are coming off a successful 12-4 season that ended in heartbreak. Down 16-15 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Wild Card game last January, Chicago had an opportunity to take the lead and advance to the Divisional round as the clock wound down. Their kicker at the time, Cody Parkey, lined up for a 43-yarder to send the Bears home victorious. But then this happened:

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.