Longwell's new chance

[Jazzhawk]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130111/nfl-game-plan/?sct=hp_t11_a6&eref=sihp

Longwell, 38, who hadn't kicked anywhere since the Vikings cut him in training camp, will be the Seahawks' kicker Sunday in Atlanta. Four years ago, he was a 12-men-in-the-huddle penalty from a field goal that would have put the Vikings, not the Saints, in the Super Bowl against Peyton Manning and the Colts. Imagine if he gets the chance to win a game this month ... and put the Seahawks in the Super Bowl against Peyton Manning and the Broncos
"Every year when the playoffs come around, I think about that day in New Orleans,'' Longwell said at the Seahawks complex. "One of my biggest regrets in football was not having the chance to make that kick.''

 

[Seaman]

Sounds like we got a motivated guy! I'm glad to hear there are still players out there who are passionate about "making that kick" or "catching the touchdown pass"! Great to hear, and probably the best man available. Go Longwell, Go Seahawks!

 

[RolandDeschain]

I had forgotten about that. Talk about motivation.

 

[Russ Willstrong]

Don't know if my eyes are deceiving me but in the pic above his feet are tiny !! For a kicker you'd expect them to be bigger. Maybe it's the shoes?

 

[CaptainSkybeard]

Cool story bro.

No, really.

 

[sutz]

Wow, a kicker with a chip on his shoulder. Who'd a thunk?

But you know, if there is a player out there with a chip on his shoulder and some real talent, Shneider will find him and Pete will hire him.

I like (not love, but like) Haushka. I think he's a decent kicker. But Longwell has some history of being good for a long, long time.

Funny how now, he has a shot at the ring he missed out on as a Vike. Yeah, I'd call that motivation.

 

[SoCalSeahawk]

And he has experience kicking at Green Bay!

 

[minormillikin]

Don't know if my eyes are deceiving me but in the pic above his feet are tiny !! For a kicker you'd expect them to be bigger. Maybe it's the shoes?

It must be the angle. In that picture he looks like he has Bambi's hooves for feet.