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Justin Tucker at Defensive Tackle?

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Today’s NFL is loaded with specialists and the Ravens have a few of the best in the forms of Morgan Cox, Sam Koch and Justin Tucker – all Pro Bowlers at one time.

But as talented as Tucker is in life and on the football field, could you imagine him playing another position? Like say defensive tackle? Well that is exactly what former Baltimore Colts kicker Lou Michaels did during the 60’s at Memorial Stadium.

“I loved playing defense,” he told The Sun in 2009. “When I missed a field goal, I wanted to rush the passer harder to make up for it.”

Had Billy Cundiff adopted a similar approach he could have morphed into Lawrence Taylor following the 2012 (2011 Season) AFC Championship Game. But I digress…

Michaels, who recently passed at the age of 80 was known to enjoy the night life and as reported by The Sun, once after frolicking on The Block while breaking the Colts’ curfew, ran his car into a lamp post at 3 in the morning.

Soon thereafter the headlines read: “Colt Kicker’s Car Hits Upright”.

Could you imagine the modern day media taking such an event so lightly?

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