Earlier this week the Washington Football Team made the decision to release veteran kicker Dustin Hopkins and replace him with an untested kicker named Chris Blewitt.
Yes, his last name sounds exactly as it is spelled.
The move to Blewitt was a wild one because he had never attempted a FG in the NFL before Sunday’s game and the last time he played was back in 2016 when he was in college at Pitt.
So how are things going for Washington and its new kicker? Not great. Blewitt ran onto Lambeau Field in the second quarter to attempt a short kick against the Packers on Sunday and it was blocked.
The FG is 💥BLOCKED!💥#WASvsGB | #GoPackGo
📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/9IkjX8adcZ
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 24, 2021
I’m sure Blewitt has heard all the jokes before and he deserves all the respect for getting to the NFL level.
But yeah, Twitter had jokes:
I don’t care what kind of resume a kicker had. Shoot, he could be a Justin Tucker clone. If his last name is Blewitt I ain’t signing him. Nope, no way, no how!! Washington you knew better. Actually, no you don’t!
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) October 24, 2021
In all honesty, the mental fortitude to make it to the NFL as a kicker with the last name Blewitt is incredibly impressive.
— Aaron Br🎃nsteter (@aaronbronsteter) October 24, 2021
Scott Hanson trying not to make a Blewitt joke, very wholesome. “you’re all thinking it at home”
— Kellie Rowe (@kellierowe) October 24, 2021
So you’re saying the WFT has a kicker named Blewitt and this was his first FG attempt of the day? You can’t make this stuff up. 😂
pic.twitter.com/zeUjsVRTlk— OddsChecker (@OddsCheckerUS) October 24, 2021
It can’t be easy to be a kicker named Blewitt
— sarah (@thesarahkelly) October 24, 2021
He Blewitt! pic.twitter.com/p3aFKblsIz
— Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) October 24, 2021
Blewitt [rest of Tweet beneath me]
— Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier) October 24, 2021
Everyone will focus on the fact the kicker's name is Blewitt, but the Packers blocked a field-goal attempt that started with a long-snapper named Cheeseman.pic.twitter.com/3BaIdTSss4
— Jason B. Hirschhorn (@by_JBH) October 24, 2021
And here come all the Blewitt jokes
— trey wingo (@wingoz) October 24, 2021
A kicker named Blewitt missed a kick??? pic.twitter.com/JgDJCn5e4h
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) October 24, 2021
The FG? Chris……Blewitt #WASvsGB pic.twitter.com/Ko09o7jKAC
— PFF Bet (@PFF_Bet) October 24, 2021
