There are many things I cannot explain but few confuse me as much as this:

Rt 😂😂😂 Cody Parkey shtoinked 4 Field Goals pic.twitter.com/tbb3ChLL6j — Johnny Knoxville (@jknoxville) November 11, 2018

This is Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey hitting the upright not once, not twice, not thrice but FOUR times. In a single game. And NONE of them ricocheted fortuitously so as to accumulate points. Every single one doinked and went the wrong way.

Parkey missed two extra points and field goals of 34 and 41 yards. It didn’t seem like it would matter much — Chicago led 34-10 after three quarters — but the Lions managed 12 points in the fourth quarter to at least get within dreaming distance of a comeback before losing 34-22.

Parkey had been perfect on 28 extra point attempts this year, and made 13 of 16 field goals prior to today. So this isn’t the culmination of specific struggles. And it’s probably just a total and inexplicable fluke. Still, seems pretty likely the Bears will have some out-of-work kickers drop by the facilities this week, just in case.