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Mike Vanderjagt Retains Title as King of the Galactically StupidIf you thought the prospect of Mike Vanderjagt no longer running his mouth would end when he left Indianapolis, think again. In an interview with the Star-Telegram, the kicker shares that though he understands why he's perceived as the loudmouth, idiot kicker, he is tired of a reputation that is inflated and largely undeserved. "It wasn't an altercation. It was one sentence by one guy and one sentence by another guy," Vanderjagt said. "Are you kidding me? That's my career?" Newsflash, Mike: You're a kicker. You're lucky we know you at all!
"Indy does not know what they are missing. They took for granted they had the most accurate kicker in NFL history," he said. "They had to go sign the best kicker [Adam Vinatieri] in NFL history to replace [me]." One day, when Vanderjagt's hair bleach stops seeping into his brain, he may realize that the difference between the "best" and the "most accurate" kicker is that the best saves his clutch kicks for the playoffs, not "Late Night with David Letterman." Anyway, this nugget and more can be found on my update today at SportsbyBrooks, where I try to get witty about:
 Posted at July 18, 2006 8:32 AM Permalink • Filed under: SportsbyBrooks |
You'd think he'd shut his face but oh no, after lamenting his label as a loudmouth idiot, he shoots off again:
Comments (6): Mike Vanderjagt Retains Title as King of the Galactically Stupid
Joey Baker
July 18, 2006 10:43 AM
I'm still rolling from the Lawrence Phillips Good Citizen Award :) Very nice!
Koester
July 18, 2006 6:34 PM
If the Braves game had been on TBS, there wouldn't have been a mention about Jones. And even still, the announcers of the game didn't pick up on it until the 6th inning.
NFL Adam
July 19, 2006 11:53 AM
And you realize that kickers are decendents from soccer players. Just saying is all.
Matt Geiger
July 19, 2006 3:27 PM
About as much as mailmen are descendents from running backs.
Bailey
July 19, 2006 6:31 PM
'kickers are decendents from soccer players.'
Is anybody else missing the joke on this one?
Julius
July 19, 2006 7:11 PM
i think the joke is that she shouldnt shoot off about kickers cuz she's a soccer player but I dont know why that's funny or worth pointing out. maybe it's an inside joke.