A Great Tormentor (And One-Time Friend) Takes His Final Bow

I just wanted to quickly comment on the recent retirement of NFL kicker Morten Andersen.  For Vikings fans, Andersen will ultimately always be remembered as the kicker who converted when our Anderson (Gary) could not in the 1998 NFC Championship Game and sent the greatest Vikings team of all-time home too early.  However, in a strange twist of fate, Andersen actually kicked for the Vikes in 2004 and had a decent season.  Bygones, I guess (!).

I have always been fascinated by NFL kickers and how they keep hanging around (how many young kickers do you see...ever?!) into their middle age years, but Mort finally hung it up because of knee trouble.  However, it wouldn't surprise me if, after a year of rest for his knee, he gets a call or two (or three or four) from a team desperate for a kicker after theirs succumbed to injury.  You just never know...