Jason Elam
Jason Elam
Jason Elamis a former American football placekicker. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft and played 15 seasons with the Broncos and two with the Atlanta Falcons...
call field goal gone gotten missed position smart
It was a smart call because had I missed and they had gone down boom, boom, boom, they could have gotten into field goal position pretty easily,
guy hit missed
I told him that he was lucky. The only thing he hit was the ball. He missed the guy completely.
helmet knocked lifted
I've been lifted off my feet, knocked out, helmet knocked off.
everybody gets kick missed seems year
It seems like every year there's a big kick that's missed and everybody gets all over the kickers.
everybody fourth game gave hope left minutes played quarter super underdogs until
It's the way it was back in '97 when we made our first run. No one gave us any hope. I don't think they gave us any hope until 2 minutes were left in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, we were such underdogs in every game we played that year. So we'll kind of let everybody say what they want to say.
agency capable free good league lines mix nowadays parity taking teams
There's so much parity in the league nowadays with free agency and every year, you've got probably 12, 15 teams that are capable of taking it all the way if everything kind of lines up for them. It's good to mix it up a little bit.
reality perception mind
It crosses your mind every once in a while that it's the AFC championship, but it's not any different. It's that whole thing that pressure's a perception, not a reality. It's what you allow to be put on yourself.
biggest fans good great job stadium sure team
For some reason, it's not as loud, it really isn't. And I don't think any of the fans would say it is. I'm not sure if that's in the construction of the stadium or what it is. We do have a good crowd, though. They do a great job for us. But probably the biggest thing, we have a good team again.
confidence feeling swing trust
You're never feeling comfortable out there, ... You just try to trust your swing and let it go. If you miss, you miss. You've just got to have confidence that you're not going to miss.
hope line miss pray swing trust ultimately willing
You really hope and pray it's not you if it comes down to that. But ultimately you know you're going to miss some kicks, and you hope it's not the big ones. You line up, and all I do is trust my swing and let it go. And you have to be willing to live with the outcome.
chip easy
It was not a chip shot. It's not as easy as it looks. I feel for any kicker in that situation.
baseball guys next wait
You want to go out like baseball guys get to do the next night. But you have to wait the whole week, and that's no fun.
camp training
You could kind of sense it even back in training camp -- just the chemistry.