P Brett Hartmann received high praise from ST coach Joe Marciano in a Tuesday interview on Sportsradio 610 in Houston. "He's the best kickoff guy I've ever seen, and I've been around doing this a long time (1986)," Marciano said. "I've never seen a guy kick the ball through the uprights and hang the ball 4.6 seconds." Hartmann, recovering from a knee injury suffered late last season, will miss the first three games of the season after violating the league's policy against performance enhancing drugs.