Yeah whatever grumbled Tony It’s easy to kick the short ones Out-kick your coverage and he’ll run it back all the way Nolan looked at Coach Lewis The coach looked back at him and winked All right Coach Lewis yelled Let’s back it up 30 yards and do it again
The special teams units lined up again This time there was no way Nolan could pin the return man against the end zone He would have to punt the ball as far as he could and also high enough to give his teammates a chance to make the tackle Nolan gave the signal and once again the ball zoomed from Luis’s
crouched position into Nolan’s hands From the corner of his eye Nolan could see Tony rushing around the edge He was running directly for Nolan and wore a hungry and slightly scary expression behind his facemask Nolan took two strong steps to build up his power and dropped the ball
Boom Nolan gave the kick everything he had The football flew past the outstretched hands of Tony who dove to block the punt The football sailed so far that the return man had to run backward to get underneath it He caught it and started to run it back But he made it only five yards before Nolan’s teammates wrapped
