The most amazing part, though, was taking him to the field and seeing if he could repeat the old feats I’d always heard about but never believed. Could he really stand on the 30 and throw a football that hit the crossbar 40 yards away? We turned on the camera. He did it on the first try. Damn. Could he really dropkick a field goal from 30 yards out? He did it on the first try. Could he really hit a teammate’s thrown ball with his own from 15 yards away as it fell? No, he couldn’t. He came close, but he couldn’t. Thank God. That one was going to cost me plenty of adult beverages