Bears suffer devastating double doink on potential game-winning field goal attempt

You can't make this stuff up.

The Chicago Bears were looking to lock up a playoff win against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night as Bears kicker Cody Parkey lined up for his team's potential game-winning 43-yard field goal with the score 16-15 Eagles.

The Eagles called a time out before he made the kick, and when Parkey lined up to complete the field goal post-icing ... well, this happened:

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Ouch. Ouch. Bears Coach Matt Nagy's reaction said it all:

The horror, the horror.