Don't drive--fly...

Nate Kaeding decides to hang up his cleats


Posted by Darin Gantt on May 2, 2013, 11:53 AM EDT
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Kicker [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with the Buccaneers this offseason, but apparently won’t be joining them after all.

Kaeding told Pat Harty of the Iowa City Press-Citizen that a recent groin injury [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. The University of Iowa football team also [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on their Twitter account.

The longtime Chargers kicker and two-time Pro Bowler — part of the trade haul from the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] deal with the Giants in 2004 — was with the Dolphins briefly last year.

So during the season last year I kept thinking--WTF? All these teams rifling through the scrap heap on kickers to replace the dog shit they had--and here sits a former all-pro who sits right at the top of the all-time career best FG percentage list...only 31 years old...Nobody will touch him. Seriously WTF? So I do a little digging. It didn't take much. First he's from Iowa. Right off the gun--that doesn't put the wind at your back. Secondly... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Kallie--you can go ahead and bring in the next file, please... I mean--I hate to be profane, but he-----> started it...