43-year-old New England Patriots backup quarterback Doug Flutie converted the NFL’s first successful drop kick since 1941.
I was kind of pleased to know that somebody can still drop kick,” Dolphins Coach Nick Saban said. “Man, when I was a kid we all practiced that. Thought it was a lost art. “But,” he added, “you know Flutie showed his age on that one.”
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I practiced those drop kicks as a kid, too, but mine never made it through the uprights.