Retired soccer star Landon Donovan jokes he’ll be Steelers’ new kicker – CBSSports.com


October 3, 2015 9:37 AM ET

Barely a month after trading for veteran Josh Scobee, the Steelers could be in the market for a new kicker following his struggles in Thursday’s loss to the Ravens. Pittsburgh will work out Kai Forbath, Chris Boswell and Randy Bullock on Saturday, but there’s another name they may want to consider: retired L.A. Galaxy and U.S. Men’s National Team standout Landon Donovan.

Donvan was joking (we think), but the news was fully embraced by just about everybody on Twitter:

Someone even asked Snoop Dogg if this met with his approval:

If this seems weird, it’s because a) Snoop Dogg is a Steelers fan (at least some of the time), and b) he took to Instagram after the Ravens loss on Thursday to make clear his thoughts on Scobee. Here’s the PG-rated transcript, via the Washington Post:

“Get his [expetive] outta here, Josh Colbee,” Snoop said. “We need to get rid of that [expletive]. He’s sorry as [expletive]. He was sorry with us. Get his [expletive] outta here. Bye bye, [expletive].”

Of course, things are so bad right now with the kicking game that folks are rallying behind former Steelers’ kicker Jeff Reed, who says he’s contacted the team “about 10 times.” Hey, like Reed said, “You can at least try me out. If I suck, then don’t sign me.”

Landon jokingly says he'll take the Steelers' kicking job. (USATSI)
Landon jokingly says he’ll take the Steelers’ kicking job. (USATSI)


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