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Cody Parkey – September 4, 2017 Download PDF version

Monday, September 4, 2017

K Cody Parkey

(On how he found out he was going to the Dolphins.) – “My agent called me and told me that I got picked up off waivers by the Dolphins. Obviously, I was pretty stoked; and then Mike (Tannenbaum) called me and told me they were bringing me in and I was their guy and that he had a lot of confidence in me, so it was really good news.”

(How would you describe your roller coaster of emotions this weekend?) – “Pretty crazy. I went from having a really good camp in Cleveland to getting cut, unfortunately; but it couldn’t have been a better spot for me to land (than) here. I’m close to home and I grew up a Dolphins fan, so this is pretty awesome. I get to kick in some warm weather, which is also good news.”

(Whose poster did you have on your bedroom wall growing up?) – “I don’t think I had a specific player, but just the Dolphins logo. To this day, I still get the updates of the halftime scores and stuff, so after the games on my phone I’m like ‘Oh, the Dolphins won.’ So it’s pretty neat.”

(So you could not have picked a better destination?) – “No, this is awesome. This is incredible.”

(Did you come to a lot of Dolphins games growing up or was the distance a factor from your hometown of Jupiter?) – “It’s only like an hour, so we would come to maybe one a year. Nothing crazy; but we were definitely watching on Sundays growing up.”

(So your parents might come to a few more games this year?) – “Yes, I think so. I might have a few ticket requests. (laughter)”

(Any flashbacks to that last game that you played here?) – “Not really. It doesn’t really matter about the team, necessarily. That was a pretty tough situation. I own it. I had a bad game; but I came back and had a strong season.”

(What is it like to go through that and then show up here? Do you have to meet people? Do you know people?) – “Unfortunately, I’ve been on three or four teams now. (It’s the) same as other guys, so I know a few guys from other teams. So you start there and then you meet John Denney and Matt (Haack), and we just build a rhythm together. But yes, you’ve just got to meet everybody. You learn about 100 names on the first day and just keep rolling from there.”

(What do you know about Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Darren Rizzi?) – “(He’s an) awesome guy. (He’s) been here for nine years (and) was at Rutgers before this. I’ve heard nothing but good things from former special teams coaches that I’ve had, about him, so I’m really excited to work with him.”

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