David Akers
David Akers
David Roy Akersis a former American football placekicker. He played college football at Louisville, and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 1997...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth9 December 1974
CityLexington, KY
ball game honestly hurt kick needed pain proud tight today
You know it's going to hurt for only one second, and then the game can be over, ... I'm honestly most proud of this kick today. Today they needed me out there. It was a tight ball game. I needed to be able to be out there if at all possible. But honestly, that was more pain than anything.
game hurt hurts leg second
You know it's going to hurt for one second and then the game is over. My whole leg hurts right now.
anybody cannot giving integrity physically thinking trying value
Honestly, it's not necessarily a value thing, ... It's an integrity thing on my part. I never want anybody thinking I'm trying to wimp out. If I can't go, it's because I physically cannot do it. If I'm out there, I'm giving you everything I have.
certain far tests worry
I just go by the tests that they have and certain timelines, as far as when to kick, ... I just go on what they want me to do.... You got to get strong. You got to get your flexibility. You got to do all these things before you can worry about kicking.
balls encouraged felt hit wind
I hit some balls with the wind and I hit some into the wind, ... and I felt very encouraged by it.
nice
It's not always pretty, but it's nice to get a win.
doctors good looks
I'm going on what the doctors and trainers are saying, ... I think everything looks good right now. T-minus two days, right?
If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful.
kick proud
This is the kick I'm most proud of,
fight till
They're going to have to tell me I can't play, ... And that will be a fight till the end.
last
It's not going to be easy, but I think things were encouraging. It's better than what it was last Sunday, by far.
driver explosive hitting opposed percent putting shot timing
It's a 100 percent shot, an explosive shot as opposed to a smooth, rhythmical timing of the leg. It's like hitting all out on a driver as opposed to putting a ball.
brutal coming full learning season winds
It's a learning process. This is my first full season in this place here and when southwest winds come out of there, it's brutal coming through that one opening.
hard lose position taking week worked
It's tough. Somebody's going in and taking my position this week and I don't like that. I worked hard to get it and I don't want to lose it. It's not easy.