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Vinatieri might be the difference

Kicking is way too important in the NFL -- but as long as it is, the Colts made the best move of the offseason by signing Adam Vinatieri.

Updated: March 24, 2006, 11:42 AM ET
By Skip Bayless | Page 2

Say a Martian landed in your backyard one Sunday last NFL season. Say you invited him in to watch a little football. Say the conversation eventually got around to which players make the most money.

Quarterbacks do, you would have explained.

And after watching for a while, this is what the Martian would have wondered: "Why aren't the little guys who run in and kick the ball through the poles and win or lose the games the highest-paid?"

Great question.

If you ...

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