ckgjr30 1 year ago

@eddied753 I’ve heard now many former players, most notably bears ex long snapper Patrick Mannelly say that he looked at it frame by frame and said despite it being tipped (which the fact it still traveled far enough to hit the upright shows how little impact the tip had) Parkey’s kick was too low to clear the LOS. He said it was doomed from the set up. I’ll admit it was a factor but after hearing that and adding in Parkey’s season I’m not going to say that the tip had a direct impact on the miss. If a 16 year veteran of special teams who was very respectful of talking about the situation and Parkey says that the tip essentially didn’t matter due to the positioning of Parkey’s kick I’ll believe it.