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Blewitt, Nominative Determinism, and Loser League Names

There is nothing new about mocking Chris Blewitt's name. It was late-night TV fodder before he ever made the NFL, back when he was breaking records for the Pittsburgh Panthers. And now that he's Loser League fodder, the jokes are even easier.

Blewitt has been bad in an interesting way, too—three of his five kicks have been no good, but he technically hasn't missed. Instead, all three have been blocked. I am fairly certain, without doing any research whatsoever, that Blewitt is the first kicker in NFL history to have his first three misses be blocks as opposed to shanks or doinks.