NFL Rookie Suffers Awkward, Off-Box Defeat As a result of Employees Did not Know Him

NFL punt returner Britain Covey is 2 video games into his rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles. Alternatively, his ties to the workforce haven’t been solidified sufficient to get him spotted by means of Philly parking attendants.

Scheduled to enroll in his workforce all over a sport towards the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, Covey was once intended to park his automotive in a personal avid gamers’ parking space out of doors Lincoln Monetary Box. Teammates had informed him to give an explanation for to the parking attendants that he was once “increased” to the Eagles lively roster and to be let in.

But if Covey drove as much as the doorway of the lot with an Eagles follow squad parking go, the attendants didn’t acknowledge him.

“After I informed them I used to be ‘increased,’ they mentioned, ‘Glance, you don’t have the go for this.’ And I mentioned, ‘No, I’m a participant!’ They usually mentioned, ’We’re sorry, guy,” Covey recalled.

“I don’t assume [they knew who I was], which is comprehensible. I imply, I gotta turn out myself in Philly prior to I should be there,” he added.

Covey later claimed he needed to park amongst Eagles tailgaters and was once sooner or later let into the sport the place he amassed 3 punt returns for 14 general yards.

Listen his parking woes in a video filmed by means of reporter Howard Eskin under:

The dismissal didn’t result in any dangerous success for Philadelphia. The Eagles beat the Vikings 24-7 on Monday night time.