DE'ANTHONY THOMAS' PUNT RETURN FOR A TD v OAKLAND RAIDERS...

De’Anthony Thomas: Punt Return for a TD…

Lithe, lean torso tenses,

Keen, like a carved Sioux bow;

He quivers, helmeted, ‘The Returner’,

A lethal, poised head of an arrow…

He waits, he lurks, he hovers,

Eyeing the descending, punted ball,

Watching it into his soft receiving hands,

Then, fired, his riposte explodes to enthral…

Left foot planted, body feints to the right,

Blockers break a seam to the left

For number 13, De’Anthony Thomas to exploit

With a veer and a body-swerve deft…

A lane opened, the defending Raiders repelled,

The electrifying return reaches ‘the two’,

Whence the 'Black Mamba' somersaults into the end-zone

For a tumultuous TD and a landing askew…

Once a Duck, now a KC Chief,

The All-Rookie takes the acclaim:

A weapon, a threat, a thrill to see,

Sure to grace the Oregon Hall of Fame… 

Pete Ray

January 2015

De’Anthony Thomas scored this touchdown in Kansas City’s 31-13 victory against the Oakland Raiders on December 14th last year and his punt return was special for me, for I tend to follow both the Oregon Ducks and the Kansas City Chiefs, feeling excited already that I have tickets for the Chiefs v Detroit Lions game at Wembley, London on November 1st…

An arrow from a bow @ Arrowhead Stadium…