Irish interest in NFL heats up as league scouts more international cities to stage games

Several hundred thousand Irish viewers got a tutorial from Charlie Smyth on the difference between lining up a kick in Gaelic football versus a field goal in American football. Smyth, who had just signed a contract with the New Orleans Saints, humbly told “The Late Late Show's” national audience that an NFL kicker has to react quickly. “You don’t have all day to look at the ball," the 22-year-old Smyth explained.