New video angles show Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s field goal was tipped by Eagles defender Treyvon Hester. The new evidence will not do anything to comfort Bears fans, but it does show that Parkey may have been right in his feeling that he nailed the kick.
“I feel terrible,”
Parkey told NFL.com. “There’s really no answer to it. I thought I hit a good ball…It’s one of the worst feelings in the world to let your team down. I feel terrible. Continue to put things into perspective, continue to just put my best foot forward and just sleep at night knowing that I did everything in my power this week to make that kick and for whatever reason it hit the crossbar and the upright.”
If the kick was indeed blocked, the blame would also partly fall on the offensive linemen who were blocking.
The Athletic’s Bo Wulf posted a photo of Hester’s hand, who admitted to blocking the kick.