Cody Parkey just looked puzzled. He had hit the upright four times on field goal and extra point tries. The analysis on Fox: “Boy he can hit those uprights, can’t he?”

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning. I’m David Greene. The kicker for the Chicago Bears may have had a game for the history books yesterday. I say may because I don’t think this stat is actually kept. Cody Parkey hit the upright four times on field goal and extra point tries. Parkey just looked puzzled. This was the analysis on Fox.

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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: And that…

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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Boy, he can hit those uprights, can’t he?

GREENE: I mean, should he be playing a game where the point is to hit a smaller target, like maybe pool? It’s MORNING EDITION.

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