Few positions in sports face more pressure and consequence than an NFL kicker.
Kickers have one task and either do it or don't. The kicker who does often goes unnoticed unless it falls under a game-deciding situation. He gets thanked for a moment, and everyone returns to looking at the gaudy stats by quarterbacks and premium positions. Or he doesn't and happens to play one of the more replaceable positions in sports.
He's not a punter, but on the positional hierarchy list, the two aren't far apart.
Few situations, though, can match that of a historic kick.