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Long-form writing about NFL doinks: kicker archetypes, historical curiosities, the stories the data hides until you go looking.

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A Fool's Library of Alexandria: Serious Answers to Unserious Questions

By Mathew McKelvey · April 29, 2026

How a half-baked theory about kicker doinks turned into an (almost) 900-entry database, an honest mistake, and a lasting apology to Cody Parkey.

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