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Copperheads · week 12 · 1982

Wheels McKinley had this date circled, whatever he says

Chip Nutbeam, hot take

Wheels McKinley QB
Copperheads

Wheels McKinley had 145 yards against the Draymen, who used to employ him. He is 31 now, which was most of the argument at the time. The fixture comes round again next year.

11,580 yards over six seasons. 200 touchdowns. 112 games. There was a 2,348-yard year in there. This is not it. Two of those shirts belong to somebody else now.

He is from Two Rivers, Michigan. Around the building he says almost nothing and is listened to anyway. He was the son of a man who played eleven years at the same position.

Copperheads, 7-4, and twelve weeks gone. Percy Petty is new.

McKinley will not step on the painted logo at midfield.

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