*McCormick to Quit Kicking

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PISCATAWAY, NJ

Only a day after discussing the future of his career, the Colorado Yeti organization and Micycle McCormick called the press for an impromptu announcement. Co-GM Bobert Stevenson and McCormick met the press in Rutgers’ Hale Center with the impression of important career news.

“First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for coming today,” said Stevenson. “As we alluded to yesterday, Micycle had extensive surgery in the past week that required implanting metal rods in his toes. Our plan was to test to see if they could repeatedly withstand the impact of kicking a football today, and unfortunately we learned quite quickly that it was not going to happen.

“Fortunately, we had an ace up our sleeve. As you all know, Ryan Applehort signed yesterday with the Baltimore Hawks, seemingly leaving us without a quarterback. However, Micycle over here had informed us in a private meeting at the beginning of the year that he had quarterback experience from high school and college ball, and if needed, would consider switching to the position.

“Now that Ryan is gone and Micycle literally cannot kick a ball anymore, we as an organization in association with Micycle have ultimately decided to complete the switch and submit it to league offices for the 11th NSFL season.

“With that, I’ll open the floor to questions for Micycle.”

TRANSCRIPT:

The Denver Post: Hi Micycle - I’m sure you know how difficult it is to be a quarterback in this league, but as a kicker you’re obviously a bit scrawnier than the rest of the team. What steps are you taking to remedy that and be in top shape for the season?

Micycle: Well obviously I’m spending a lot of time in the weight room, trying to gain muscle and build up strength. But I’m also eating a lot of food to get up to weight - kickers, we don’t get hit much, but as a quarterback I need to make sure my body is prepared to take hits from the best of them and get back up. What's really helped is that the guys here at RU still had my old helmet - so I've gotten some reps in today with some Knights!

Aurora Sentinel: Ryan Applehort was a bit of a divisive figure towards the end of his tenure here, but he was seen as a leader in the locker room and of the offense. How do you plan to step into his shoes and control this team?

Micycle: Well, losing Ryan really hurt us this offseason, but I think most of us knew he was gone. We just have to do what we can to move on - I’ve been a captain of this team for a few seasons already and I think I have a fairly good grasp on the locker room dynamics. It also helps that we have another former QB in Nick Pierno hanging around still to give me leadership tips. Is he happy about the position switch? Not really and he’s made his voice heard about it in the past, but he has still been a huge supporter of me the player and of the team. Ultimately though, I’m a different type of person than Ryan and while things will certainly be different, I don’t think we’re going to miss a beat.

Rocky Mountain News: With you moving to quarterback, that leaves not only the team but also the league with one less kicker. What do you think that says about the future of the position in the league and how do the Yeti plan on filling that need?

Micycle: I’ll push the second part of that to Bobert who probably won’t answer that anyways, but I think the kicker position is decently healthy still. We’ve got two prospects coming up from the DSFL that look fairly promising, and of course the #KickerMafia is still going strong with Dean Jackson and Turk Turkleton leading the charge. It hurts me deeply to leave the fraternity of kickers, but I know I will always have great friends in them that I can count on whenever I need them.

Bobert: Yeah I’m not answering that second part.

The Daily Targum: Rutgers obviously didn’t have much success at the quarterback position when you were there - do you think if you had played QB instead that the rebuild wouldn’t have taken so long?

Micycle: I had full confidence in Gio, Art, and Trent during my six years at Rutgers. They were the right guys for the job, and quite frankly I was way too busy with academics to spend the time learning the playbook as a quarterback. I knew enough to fill in just in case, but that was it. Now? I have all the time in the world to learn. I think they’re completely different situations.

Dean Jackson: Hi, Dean Jackson of the Arizona Outlaws - what’s your favorite #KickerMafia moment?

Micycle: Hahaha hey Dean! Yeah, I’m really gonna miss being a “true” member of the mafia, but I always loved meeting up in the offseason. I know this past summer we had a cookout and Turk killed us at Scrabble… who knew the word GIRAFFE could score so much right?! Hopefully the new kickers in the draft this year will enjoy being part of what I think is the best fraternity in the whole league.

Tl;dr - I’m a quarterback now

[mckee29]

He sure did just do that one

[dropbear]

Miller is ready for the McCormick era

[kckolbe]

Interesting to see a QB with so much endurance. Should be interesting to see your 4th quarter play

[Raven]

Aaaah man, good luck with the position change!

Sad too see you leaving the kicker role, You'll be kickermafia for life, I might boo you a little on the pitch thou for leaving us kickers

[HollowHead]

Traitor

Nah but seriously good luck with QB