Kicking in the NFL Is Really ‘3 Seconds of Hell’

October 28, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

There’s a question we could ask the average football fan that will often have an immediate response. This one: What’s the one thing you could do at even a decent or passable level right now on an NFL field?
The answer usually isn’t throwing a quick short pass. There are massive pass-rushing men ready to not-so gently place you back in a fifth-row seat, your natural habitat.
The answer also isn’t being on the other end of a pass. Sure, we’ve all done that at the beach when the only defense is a seagull. But to catch a pass you need to be able to get open and then brace for a throttling.
The most common answer is something that only happens a few times every game. When it does, the searing spotlight turns to one man and his noble, knee-jittering quest to put a ball through two uprights.
“If you see Tom Brady throw an incompletion or an interception most people sitting in the stands don’t think, ‘Oh, well give me the ball...

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