Life begins at 41 for Falcons kicker

Atlanta Falcons's kicker Matt Bryant has scored 57 extra poits and 37 field goals so far this season (AFP Photo/Tim Warner)Houston (AFP) - Matt Bryant spent four years waiting for his chance to break into the National Football League. Fifteen years later, the Atlanta Falcons kicker will attempt to cap a career of remarkable longevity with a Super Bowl victory.

It has been a long and winding route to the biggest stage of all for the 41-year-old, who worked in a Texas pawn shop after going undrafted before finally entering the NFL through the back door.

After a brief spell in the wilderness of the indoor Arena Football League for the Iowa Barnstormers, Bryant joined the New York Giants who…