Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Was Garo Yapremian Unavailable?

The Falcons have signed 46-year old Morten Anderson to handle their field goal kicking duties.

Again.

The good: He is the second-highest scorer in NFL history, kicking mostly in domes and, whaddaya know, the Falcons play in a dome!

The bad: HE'S 46 YEARS OLD!

From what I can tell, Michael Koenen, who has been handling FG's, punts, and kickoffs, will handle the longer FG attempts, and Anderson will be utilized for the short-to-medium kicks - 40 yards and under.

Considering he was born in the 1950's, this will be an interesting experiment. Will he try to stick around now to be the oldest NFL player ever?

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