poor Cody Parkey.
yesterday, he had to be the most humiliated person in sports.
in a playoff game, he missed a final field goal which would have won his team the game. the strange thing was, he went to make the kick and just as he kicked the football, the Eagles coach called a time-out. the field goal was perfect, but obviously didn't count.
then, after the time out and he went to kick again, he missed. i get that a lot of sports folks were saying yesterday, "you have ONE job, just one." but by the same token, his team should have made it such that they were not down by 1 point and not put the entire pressure of the win on one person.
so this love letter was to uplift Cody Parkey and let him know that it's not the end of the world (although i know it seems like it) and that the sun will rise tomorrow. and a reminder that you still make millions of dollars as a kicker in the NFL.
that being said, i was very happy to just read that the NFL changed the ruling from a "missed field goal" to a "blocked field goal" as upon further review, it was discovered that an Eagles player tipped the ball which caused it to go awry.
not that it changes the outcome of the game, but at least it's not on his record that he missed a field goal in a playoff game. 💜💜💜
yesterday, he had to be the most humiliated person in sports.
in a playoff game, he missed a final field goal which would have won his team the game. the strange thing was, he went to make the kick and just as he kicked the football, the Eagles coach called a time-out. the field goal was perfect, but obviously didn't count.
then, after the time out and he went to kick again, he missed. i get that a lot of sports folks were saying yesterday, "you have ONE job, just one." but by the same token, his team should have made it such that they were not down by 1 point and not put the entire pressure of the win on one person.
so this love letter was to uplift Cody Parkey and let him know that it's not the end of the world (although i know it seems like it) and that the sun will rise tomorrow. and a reminder that you still make millions of dollars as a kicker in the NFL.
that being said, i was very happy to just read that the NFL changed the ruling from a "missed field goal" to a "blocked field goal" as upon further review, it was discovered that an Eagles player tipped the ball which caused it to go awry.
not that it changes the outcome of the game, but at least it's not on his record that he missed a field goal in a playoff game. 💜💜💜
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