Nice Try Bro

6 foot 4, 310 pounds…not your typical field goal kicker’s proportions. Unless you’re talking about the Detroit Lions. When kicker Jason Hanson pulled himself out of the game with a hamstring injury, Lions Coach Jim Schwartz naturally turned to his gigantic lineman, Ndamukong Suh. It was an odd choice to the outsider, but it was the logical choice to the Lions staff.

“Ndamukong is our backup field goal kicker; he’s done it in practice…We have a lot of confidence that he could kick it. It put him in a difficult situation because he went out without any warm-ups…

I probably should have called a timeout and given him time to get ready.”