Arizona Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers is no longer solely remembered for launching the pigskin between two tall, yellow bars.
After his point-after attempt was blocked in the second quarter Sunday, an irate Rackers took his frustration out on the facemask of a Washington Redskins player.
The two players latched onto each other's helmets like kids fighting over common sense.
I would have rather seen the gloves come off, the bullpens empty, or Ron-Ron jump into the crowd.
But Rackers's anger may have gotten the best of him as he left a game-winning field goal in the closing seconds wide left.
Which brings us to the real question here: Are kickers and punters real football players?
Like many of you, I too thought of these "athletes" as necessary, but awkward parts of the game.
That is until I saw ASU's football team vault into the fourth spot of the much-maligned BCS rankings.
A large part of the Sun Devils' success, aside from a running Ryan Torain and a game-breaking Troy Nolan — is none other than First Team Halfway All-America selection Thomas Weber.
And as ASU's current scoring leader — you can bet he's a kicker.
