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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Nothing Makes Sense Any More, Nothing Will Make It Make Sense - The Awl

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As opposed to a catch, a kick is easily understandable. Put it through the uprights and over the bar and you get 3 points. It pretty much only exists in the NFL to appease mobsters who create betting lines whose strangeness does not become apparent until you add in these kicks. The field goal, normally a boring harkening-back to football’s rugby roots, takes on dramatic undertones at the ends of football games. Kicked by weak nerds but meaning the world. A kick with either make you famous for a little while or infamous forever.
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