Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham, recently a United States citizen, recently made clear that he has no intentions of being something other than “Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham”. The idea that this would be a topic of conversation would have seemed absurd back in July, but a lot of things have happened since he tore his ACL, and expose some of the unfortunate aspects of the ‘business side’ of the game.
The Steelers went through two more kickers, of course, before they got to Chris Boswell, the first-year kicker who ended up replacing the veteran Josh Scobee, for whom they paid good money, as well as a sixth-round draft pick.