keywords: kicker kickers footlights vinatieri adam
text: Vinatieri has gone from footnote to footlights He's a kicker, for crying out loud. So why is Adam Vinatieri so popular? Kickers, after all, are supposed to be outcasts with small facemasks and funny shoes, guys with too many consonants in their last names who trot facelessly on and off the field between the real action.