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Great article on the long road Vinatieri took to become the Pat's kicker


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"When Vinatieri boarded his flight to Virginia, he knew Blevins only as a kicking coach who had consulted for the New York Jets the previous season. He had no idea there was anything unusual about Blevins until a short, stocky man rolled up to him at the airport arrivals lounge with his right hand outstretched.

"Blevins told Vinatieri that he had been confined to a wheelchair his whole life because of cerebral palsy, that the condition had taken his legs but never affected his mind. That was how Vinatieri learned the fate of his floundering kicking career rested on a man who had never actually kicked a football before."

The preposterous story of Adam Vinatieri
 
King of clutch! Can't wait to see him become the scoring leader Sunday.

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That was a really good read; never knew that about Vinatieri.
 
His kick to tie in the snow against the raiduhs was the most unbelievable of his many....
 
His kick to tie in the snow against the raiduhs was the most unbelievable of his many....
Is he even playing this week after his leg injury?
King of clutch! Can't wait to see him become the scoring leader Sunday.
"When Vinatieri boarded his flight to Virginia, he knew Blevins only as a kicking coach who had consulted for the New York Jets the previous season. He had no idea there was anything unusual about Blevins until a short, stocky man rolled up to him at the airport arrivals lounge with his right hand outstretched.

"Blevins told Vinatieri that he had been confined to a wheelchair his whole life because of cerebral palsy, that the condition had taken his legs but never affected his mind. That was how Vinatieri learned the fate of his floundering kicking career rested on a man who had never actually kicked a football before."

The preposterous story of Adam Vinatieri
Of course, within a month of being named commissioner, Goodell shut down NFL Europe.

That's why today we don't see any Vinatieris or Warners, etc.
 
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