He's been through three different head coaches, numerous starting quarterbacks, a 1-15 season and Super Bowl heartbreak, but Carolina Panthers placekicker John Kasay remains steadfast in his consistency.In a league where kickers are mostly known as nomads who travel to several different teams throughout their Reebok Denver Broncos #15 Tim Tebow Realtree camo Jersey
careers, Kasay has spent his successful 15-season journey with just two organizations. A fourth-round pick out of the University of Georgia, his career began with the Seattle Seahawks in 1991 and ended in the Pacific Northwest at the close of the 1994 season. Outside of a lousy 1992 campaign in which he converted just 63.6 percent of his field goal attempts, Kasay was in the lower 80s in his other three years with the Seahawks.Following his four-year stint in Seattle, Kasay joined the expansion Panthers, hoping to improve his game as a member of a young team. Since then, the 36-year-old has become one of the NFL's best kickers, and has done so as a constant piece on ever-changing rosters in Carolina.Unfortunately for Kasay, whose career clock is likely ticking down, he's yet to hoist a Lombardi Trophy. In their 11-year history, the Panthers have managed to make the postseason just three times.However, with the upcoming season on the way, many across the pro football landscape believe the Panthers are the frontrunners to win their first Super Reebok Green Bay Packers #12 Aaron Rodgers Realtree camo Jersey
Bowl title. Quarterback Jake Delhomme, receiver Steve Smith and defensive end Julius Peppers receive most of the attention and praise, but much of the team's success in 2006 will rely on Kasay, who has converted 80.1 percent of his field goal attempts in 205 career games.Certainly, Kasay would love nothing more than to return to football's biggest stage and make amends for his crucial error in Super Bowl XXXVIII. During that game in February 2004, the Panthers and New England Patriots were tied at 29 late in the fourth quarter when disaster struck for the dependable kicker. In the second biggest Super Bowl kicking gaffe since Scott Norwood in the game's 25th edition, Kasay booted the kickoff out of bounds, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 40. From that point, Pats' quarterback Tom Reebok Green Bay Packers #52 Clay Matthews Realtree camo Jersey
Brady led his team down the field and set up Adam Vinatieri's game-winning kick, which he converted. As a result, Kasay became a source of blame.If the Carolina Panthers do reach the Super Bowl again next February, rest assured that Kasay likely won't make another key error. Instead, he just might turn into a Vinatieri-esque hero and become a beloved figure in Charlotte.--Speak your mind, leave a comment below...Get more on John Kasay
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