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Monday’s Hot Clicks: Listen to English and Spanish Eagles Radio Announcers Call Cody Parkey’s Miss
Sometimes homer calls can be good
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After Cody Parkey hit five uprights during the regular season, many Bears fans may have expected their season to end in that fashion. But no one could have predicted that Parkey’s attempt at a game-winner against the Eagles would clang off the upright and the crossbar. And yet, that’s just what happened when Parkey lined up from 43 yards in the final seconds last night.
Here’s how it sounded on Sports Radio 94WIP, with longtime Eagles voice Merrill Reese on the call.
Meanwhile, Spanish-speaking listeners on Mega 105.7 heard Rickie Ricardo impassioned “no señor!”
I know Reese is a Philly institution but if I was a bilingual Eagles fan I’d definitely choose to listen to Ricardo do the game. Here’s his call of the Nick Foles touchdown pass to Golden Tate that proved to be the game-winner.
“El hombre de oro” (the golden man) is a perfect nickname.
It wasn’t all Cody Parkey’s fault
As much as the Bears fans who booed him on his way off the field would like to blame Chicago’s loss on Cody Parkey’s missed 43-yard field goal attempt, he’s not actually a complete goat.
The ball was actually tipped—incredibly slightly—by Eagles defensive tackle Treyvon Hester.
It won’t make Bears fans any happier, but maybe Parkey will sleep a little easier.
What the hell was this all about?
It’s not the NFL playoffs until there’s a controversy over a potential catch that no one can understand. This time it was Bears receiver Anthony Miller, whose catch was originally ruled an incomplete pass. On review, the replay crew determined that it was a completed pass and catch, followed by a fumble. But plot twist! Because neither team recovered the fumble, it couldn’t be ruled a completed pass. Instead, it was picked up by an official.
Here’s how NFL head of officiating Al Riveron explained it.
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