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Pat O'Donnell needs a nickname

Normally it is not necessary to actively create a nickname, nor should it be. A nickname is best when it comes about naturally, evolving from a player's proven talent (Sweetness), personality (Prime Time) or hair color (The Red Rifle).

Unfortunately we no longer have that luxury. Thanks to some pathetically uninspired soul* at training camp, Pat O'Donnell is currently being referred to as "MegaPunt". What.

To spend any further words on tearing down this truly terrible moniker would only lend it more credence. Instead, let's move on to the task at hand: finding anything that's better.

What should be a simple job is made more difficult by Pat's position as Punter. There was, at best, one good leg pun in existence and Greg Zuerlein got it. I'm not saying there isn't another one, but can we agree upon Legatron as the name to beat here?

Further, let's maybe step back from the Transformers references if we could. I don't know or care enough to Google how Calvin Johnson came to be known as Megatron, but consider this: if we continue to base nicknames off of this one Decepticon, are we not openly admitting that it's his world and our own players are just living in it? I'm fine with Charles Tillman occasionally being referred to as Optimus Prime but let's broaden our minds a little.

As proven by my creation of this post, I have no idea what O'Donnell's nickname should be so I have no dog in this fight (besides the one running full-speed down the block away from "MegaPunt"). So here are some things we have to work with:

Name: Pat O'Donnell

From: Lake Worth, Florida.

College Ball: University of Cincinnati, University of Miami

Attributes: Fitness nut, huge showing at the Combine, can kick a football very hard.

So someone, anyone, please figure out something better and use this thread as a workshop to do so.

*If you were this soul, sorry. But not really.

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