Giants sign 44-year-old kicker Carney

Depending on how the coin toss plays out, there's a 50-50 chance that the first athlete to put a football in play in the 2008 NFL season Thursday night will have been old enough to have played for the Rams when ...

[G-man]

I remember a few years ago when he was with I think the Saints, he missed a potential game tying PAT after the Saints just completed a crazy Stamford-like lateral play at the end of the game to score a TD.
I don't know, 44 seems old to be a kicker. I hope he doesn't choke in clutch kicks.

[Pere Gogolak]

Hey, sign me. I can still kick in my mid 60's.

[Garo Yepremian]

Hey, I only 64 years old.

I can still keek touchdowns.

[G-man]

G-man wrote:

I remember a few years ago when he was with I think the Saints, he missed a potential game tying PAT after the Saints just completed a crazy Stamford-like lateral play at the end of the game to score a TD.
I don't know, 44 seems old to be a kicker. I hope he doesn't choke in clutch kicks.

Actually I found the video of the end of that game on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[KEVIN CAMELOT]

GOOD AM

[Help4mac]

So who is going to be the emergency QB#3? I remember reading that one of the offense? guys has thrown a few balls.

Anyway the Giants have made some interesting decisions in order to carry as many position players as possible.

One of the reasons the defense played well down the stretch was because the offense held onto the ball longer. I think they are going to continue this game plan. Also they did a good job getting more people into the mix.