Seems like someone deleted this after it got posted, so let’s call out this piece of shit. Apologies if repost.
“I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you. Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world…”
NFL kicker has to be a really weirdly rough job. You don’t really do much work during the game and have far less risk of violent physical contact, but you have to practice your ass off outside the game because the kicking game has little margin for error. Your role is absolutely critical and can easily decide the outcome of almost every game, but nobody respects you and almost nobody knows your name unless you fuck up real bad. I used to be a huge NFL nerd but can only name three kickers: Pat McAfee because he’s a TV personality now, Sebastion Janikowski because of his name and how rotund he was, and Ray Finkle who isn’t even a real person just a movie kicker. I can’t even remember the name of the Hall of Fame kicker for the Pats and Colts who won many Super Bowls.
And yeah, nobody will give a shit if this shitstain goes away. Will the NFL, well-known for their respect for human rights and progressive views, actually do anything about it, though?
Goddamnit, I almost blew water out of my nose when I got to Ray Finkle.
Adam Vinatieri
Thank you, that was bugging me… just not enough to actually search it myself.
Pat McAfee was a punter, but yeah a kicker is like being a ref: if you know their name it usually means they did bad.
I believe they prefer to go by Lois Einhorn now.
The kicker is normally the highest scoring player on the team, they really are weirdly underappreciated.
Eddie Murray was the top point scorer for the Lions for the entirety of the 80’s. Growing up in Michigan during that decade, he and Barry Sanders (90’s) are the only Lions I can remember.
Maybe that’s just a really specific circumstance of a great kicker on a shit team, but I think he was pretty respected.
Wow, I only knew Ray Finkle and had never had any idea whether he was fictional.