Cody Parkey Appears on the Today Show for No Particular Reason
Much to the chagrin of the entire city of Chicago, disgraced kicker Cody Parkey was on the Today Show Friday morning.
The poor unfortunate soul who missed that bloody kick -- officially, had it blocked -- last weekend in the Bears' 16-15 Wild Card loss to the Eagles can't seem to stop talking about it.
For whatever reason, dude's agent or publicist decided a nationallly televised post-mortem was a swell idea.
Whoever signed off on this should be beaten about the kidneys with large branches.
Maybe you can make some sense of this poorly conceived and executed interview:
Cody Parkey: “I didn’t know it was tipped or anything...I let my fans, my teammates and my whole organization down.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/ZHxWHJk1NB
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) January 11, 2019
Hmmm, Parkey says he was sure that thing would bounce in, because his recent history absolutely supports such a claim.
The man who personally inspired the phrase double doink was already a pariah in Chicago, but has now somehow made things worse.
That Cody Parkey interview on the Today Show was complete garbage. No #Bears coach, staffer, player or fan needs to see him smiling to a massive TV audience five days after a heartbreaking loss. He added nothing new. There doesn't need to be fanfare for handling failure well.
— Cody Westerlund (@CodyWesterlund) January 11, 2019
Cody Parkey going on the Today Show should seal his fate. Cut him today. #Bears #ParkeyNoLikey
— Carter Time (@JLcarter74) January 11, 2019
Don't worry, he'll be gone soon.
All for Cody Parkey moving on with his life but I’d be pretty pissed about him going on national tv to be a feel-good story 5 days later if I was a teammate. Whole thing is weird as hell.
— Nick Shepkowski (@Shep670) January 11, 2019
Guys maybe Cody Parkey is just going on to drink wine with Kathie Lee and Hoda and get an ambush makeover we just don’t know
— Lauren Comitor (@laurencomitor) January 10, 2019
The wine is probably a good idea.
Apparently, the Bears front office wasn't consulted on this appearance and were less than pleased with the optics.
However, Parkey will likely be magnetically drawn to the uprights in a different NFL city next season, so the point is probably moot anyway.
Or perhaps the reviled almost ex-Bear will do some convalescing to recharge the old batteries.
Better check those laces.