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A Pair of Punters Vie To Be the Guy
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Indeed, punting is not blood sport -- unless you kicked at Northern Colorado in 2006. That's when backup punter Mitch Cozad ambushed and stabbed starter Rafael Mendoza one night in a parking lot, leaving Mendoza with a deep gash in his kicking leg.
Convicted of second-degree assault, Cozad was sentenced to seven years in prison for taking out his rival. What's more, he did not get the starting job.
"I'm not going to resort to that," Brooks said, chuckling. "That's unbelievable, isn't it? And that's just college. This is your job when you get to the NFL."
Added Frost: "It's not a personal issue, but I think we both know we're trying to win a job here. He happens to be the guy in my way, and I happen to be the guy in his way."
Go ahead and obsess over an under-the-radar return man, find that fifth linebacker and call him a diamond in the rough this preseason. But remember, the only steel-cage match being waged in training camp is the booming battle of right feet.
Two punters enter. One leaves.
Who doesn't want to read about that?
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