I caught up with St. Louis coach Scott Linehan to ask him if the two kicks that Josh Brown made in 2006 that beat the Rams was the primary reason that he went after Brown:

"Well, those are the two kicks I remember the most. If not for those two kicks we win the division. But the rest of them have been pretty important too. He is very accurate. More importantly is how he has performed over the course of his career. And being a field goal guy and being able to kickoff. That is a big weapon. That's big if you can have a kickoff guy put it back there and force a guy to take a knee or come out of the end zone is critical. Plus, for at least eight games he is going to be kicking indoors, so that has to be a weapon as well. It's a rare combination to have a great kickoff guy who also is a great field goal kicker."

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I know what you all are thinking. This seems to be a bit inaccurate on Linehan's part because one of the criticisms of Brown -- even by the Seahawks -- is that he does not put kickoffs deep, part of the reason that Olindo Mare was attractive. But I can only tell you what his response was to the question.