Sunday’s wild-card game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears ended in crazy fashion.
With just under a minute left, Nick Foles found Golden Tate in the end zone to put the Eagles ahead.
FOLES. TATE. SIX points for the @Eagles.
📺: #PHIvsCHI on NBC #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/3aX8NEpche
— NFL (@NFL) January 7, 2019
Chicago was not done, though. Thanks to a big kick return from Tarik Cohen, the Bears got themselves into position to kick the winning field goal. But the potential winning kick was missed by Cody Parkey who hit not one, but two posts.
Cody Parkey's would-be game-winning FG hits the crossbar twice sending the Eagles to the Divisional Round. #PHIvsCHI #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/mchSudQfLL
— NFL (@NFL) January 7, 2019
Twitter had a lot to say about the crazy ending.
People had mixed reactions on Parkey.
No one told Cody Parkey the bank is closed on Sundays. I'll see myself out
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) January 7, 2019
U got one job!
— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) January 7, 2019
I’m sick for him. Such a class act.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) January 7, 2019
Cody Parkey in the #Bears locker room right now…. pic.twitter.com/fr88NzVAkq
— Jeffrey Walizer Jr (@JWalizerJr) January 7, 2019
The comments on Foles weren’t so mixed.
Legend of St. Nick grows.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 7, 2019
Foles Never Fold in the words of @5DeuceHerrera
— Todd Gurley II (@TG3II) January 7, 2019
The Nick Foles 30-for-30 is gonna be good.
— Nora Princiotti (@NoraPrinciotti) January 7, 2019
New life goal… be as calm and collected as Nick Foles. #NotAChance
— Realio (@reaIionetwork) January 7, 2019
Current peek at the office of Nick Foles agent… #GoEagles #PHIvsCHI pic.twitter.com/kkAktRtT6W
— Derrek Lemar Croney (@derreklemar) January 7, 2019
That was Nick Foles' third 4th Quarter go-ahead TD pass in the playoffs. He has more than:
Peyton Manning
Brett Favre
Dan Marino
Joe Namath
Steve Young
Aaron Rodgers
John Elwayhttps://t.co/J64tS6xWJs— Pro Football Reference (@pfref) January 7, 2019
It was perhaps the ultimate “Thrill of victory, agony of defeat” ending. The Bears will go home while the Eagles will head to the Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Saints.