It's cool having a punter who's nearly 44 still kickingwhose pro career goes back to the beginnings of the full-boar implementation of the CasteSystem in the NFL.
And it doesn't say much for black kickers that the Eagles cut Reggie Hodges before signing the aged Landeta. Hodges is the black punter who wasone of the rare punters to bedrafted, by the Rams this year, then cut, signed by Philly then cut again. Looks like Reggie Roby even in death will still be carrying the torch for black kickers.
Why is it anyway that none of God's Chosen Athletes who don't make it at other football positions take up kicking just for the paycheck and benefits that go with being a pro football player? Being suchamazing athletes and all, place kicking and punting should be something they can easily pick up and do much betterthan those scrawny white kickers. If they're so strong and always have "cannon arms," then there should be thousands of them with "cannon legs" who can kick the ball in a straight line. Guess it's yet another athletic challenge that not a single black male in America(other than Hodges) has any interest in.
I was beginning to think I'd never see another one.
Good luck Sean!
