I'm still trying to understand why anyone would fucking defend Cody Parkey.
When you think about NFL players, for instance a DB, they have to read offenses, read the QB, play the receiver, play the route, react to the receiver, react to the pass, and keep up with physically gifted receivers, just to hopefully stop a reception. Tackles have to understand the bklocking scheme, understand the play call, make the correct first step, react to stunts, blitzes, maintain pad level, understand techniques, etc... All while trying to stop a physically gifted defensive player from getting to the QB or to a RB on a hand off. I could go on and on. But every player on a football team has an extremely complicated and physically demanding battle on every play. QB's, LB,s RB's, WR's.... All have to read, react, and compete on every play.
A kicker?
All he has to do is fucking kick a ball. Put his fucking head down, and kick a fucking ball.
No scheme, no reading alignments, no caring whether the DB is playing inside or outside leverage, no battling another man one on one. All he has to do is fucking kick a stupid fucking ball. Whether you or me or any other non-kicker can do it is a stupid fucking argument and irrelevant. He was PAID to do it. He is supposed to be the expert. He is supposed to be worth his contract.
Parkey was paid more than ~90% of the players on our team and likely more than any of you will make in your life just to kick a fucking ball.
Fuck him and fuck anyone defending him.
With that, you also have to hold Pace accountable for not replacing him.
I repeatedly noted how shitty of a QB Cutler was, but it's not his fault some dumb ass keeps paying him and trotting him out there. We did the same with Parkey.