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By Ryan McGee
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

This appears in the August 24 (Colt McCoy cover) issue of ESPN The Magazine as a sidebar to this story on kickers and return men. So you think the kicker just runs out, boots the ball and gets the hell out of the way? Not so much. "I'm the quarterback of this play," says Arizona State's Thomas Weber, who kindly walked us through his surprisingly long checklist for every kick. 1. Sideline instructions I get the play from the coaching staff on the sideline. It could be a straight-up mi ...

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