Look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what you're about to read, and the fact that I'm (partially) responsible for it. I'm sorry that, six years later, we're still talking about the Double Doink. I'm starting to think we may never stop.
But, unfortunately, right now the Double Doink is maybe the biggest moment of Bears lore this decade. And the way it's sticking around, it may be making a run at this generation's biggest piece of lore. Kids these days only know about Seth Wickersham books and Carl Williams quotes – back in my day, one of the best defenses in modern league history got almost entirely forgotten about in a span of 15 seconds.
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As you surely remember, one of the best players on that 2018 Bears team was wide receiver Allen Robinson (and he'd be even better the next two years, somehow). While talking with Kevin Clark's This Is Football show, Robinson went into waaaaaay more detail about what it was like to be on the field during the Double Doink. No one asked for this, Kevin Clark. Surely there could have been a Dak Prescott take worth re-litigating instead? The whole point of the Cowboys is that they exist so you don't have to talk about other teams.
Allen Robinson's Double Doink story is the saddest thing you'll listen to today
"I was sitting on the Gatorade coolers," he said. "I remember it like it was yesterday. For me, sometimes, the bench area could get a little crowded, so sometimes I'd just go over and grab a water, typically, and go sit on the cooler that's right by where the water is. Normally there's more space, once we kinda get our coaching points and stuff, and come off to the sideline ... I forget what yard line we were at, but we had a phenomenal two-minute drive. I got my normal seat, which is by the gatorade coolers. Grabbed a cup of gatorade – I don't think I probably drank it, I just grabbed it. I was sitting there – I didn't even watch it the entire time. I just kinda sat there, with my head down, just waiting to hear the cheer from the crowd. That's kind of what I was waiting for. And I'm waiting, and I'm waiting. And then you hear the 'thud' of it hitting the crossbar – excuse me, the upright. Then you hear the second thud when it hits the crossbar. Then you hear the sigh from the fans ... I was just hoping it was smooth sailing, just a cheer from the crowd. But it went a little differently."
It did go a little differently, that's true. It's not like Robinson even revealed new details or anything all that salacious, but something about this story hits so hard in the worst way possible. The way he described hearing the two very-distinct doinks is the stuff of nightmares. They probably WOULD have beaten the Rams in the next round, too.
The Double-Doink: still haunting everyone involved, all these years later. It's almost impressive, really [gets boo'd off stage].