Bill Plaschke: After all this time, punter Johnny Hekker still gets a kick being a Ram
LOS ANGELES — For a decade he has been a leg the Rams could stand on, their irrepressible ambassador, their unwavering presence. So when it appeared he was going to be cut, Johnny Hekker understandably couldn't bear to watch. It was late August, he was sidelined by COVID-19, and, on the television in an exhibition game against the Denver Broncos, his potential replacement, Corey Bojorquez, was ...
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Feb 12, 2022
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES â For a decade he has been a leg the Rams could stand on, their irrepressible ambassador, their unwavering presence.
So when it appeared he was going to be cut, Johnny Hekker understandably couldn't bear to watch.
It was late August, he was sidelined by COVID-19, and, on the television in an exhibition game against the Denver Broncos, his potential replacement, Corey Bojorquez, was booming the ball.
Hekker literally turned off the game at halftime.
"It was a deal where I was sitting there watching the game and felt like my heart sink a little bit, down in the pit of my stomach, thinking, man, he might
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