Tip to Marc. If you’ve ever wanted inside the mind of Vanderjagt, now’s your chance
But when he got to camp in ’05, he started spraying his kicks all over the place. The mojo he built up over years with the Colts started to evaporate, and he felt like he was on the brink of losing his livelihood. He pored over his routine, but that only made it worse, as he became as preoccupied as the golfer who tries too hard to fix his swing. “I feel like I was David Duval,” he says. Vanderjagt fought through the season, and kicked well, but he got the sense he was on borrowed time. Eventually, he feared, he’d shank a big one. He was right. And although he was still an elite kicker — the miss against Pittsburgh was only the second of his season — the technical difficulties nagged him until the end of his career. In fact, they likely caused the end of his career.
So, so much crazy in this piece.
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