If there’s a turning point in Cody Parkey’s emergence as the Browns kicker, it might’ve come when he needed it the most.
Parkey, whom Cleveland signed some 24 hours earlier in what all parties described as a whirlwind of sorts, was asked to kick six field goals in his debut against Miami back in September.
It didn’t go as well as Parkey had hoped: He missed three of them, including the potential game-winner in an overtime loss to the Dolphins. But neither the Browns nor head coach Hue Jackson would point fingers.
“I remember Hue coming up to me specifically during the Miami game and telling me, ‘Hey, you’re doing a hell of a job regardless of the circumstance.