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Romes
03-04-2003, 05:03 PM
More signs that Hollis is pretty much gone.

Bills | Lindell Coming to Visit - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
14:51 PT: Paul Sheehy, of ProStar, has confirmed to KFFL that free agent PK Rian Lindell (Seahawks) will travel to Buffalo to meet with the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday.
Michael82
03-04-2003, 05:04 PM
Hollis should watch out! Rian Lindell could be the Bills' next kicker. :down:

I'd prefer Hollis...but Lindell is good and younger. :D
Romes
03-04-2003, 05:05 PM
mine was first. :D
losman2evans
03-04-2003, 05:07 PM
Good move- TD refuses to overpay for players. How is Rian on kickoffs- does he get many touchbacks?
ArcticWildMan
03-04-2003, 05:14 PM
What kind of % numbers does he have from last year?
Romes
03-04-2003, 05:15 PM
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/195697/career

Those are a link to his stats. In 2000 and 2001 he had some touchbacks but he had none lsat year. His kickoff numbers are simliar to Hollis. He is a decent kicker. Missed 6 kicks last year with a long of 52.
RedEyE
03-04-2003, 05:16 PM
I agree with not overpaying players. Lindell is a great pickup if aquired. He really impressed me last season and his kicking percentages will only rise with a better offense leading the way. Hollis can dig elsewhere if TD can get this kid in here long term.
Bufftp
03-04-2003, 05:29 PM
it is wise not to overspend, and kickers in general are high risk investments as they get older.
TigerJ
03-04-2003, 05:30 PM
Looking at kickoff averages, Hollis had a few better years than Lindel early in his career. They were pretty close in average last season. Lindel kicked at least half his games in a dome. The wind outdoors can help or hurt, obviously. I like the fact that Lindel is a big man. You've got to figure he can potentially get more leverage on kickoffs than the typical 5'6" smurf kicker (Hollis). Maybe with a good strength and conditioning coach, he could get stronger.
Bufftp
03-04-2003, 05:34 PM
good point Tiger
Billz_fan
03-04-2003, 05:53 PM
Bring him in.

I never been big on giving kickers huge contracts. Sure they have alot of pressure and all that.

I think being a millionare is more than enough compensation for kicking the football.

I would never give a kicker more than 800k-1,000,000 a season. If we were gonna pay a kicker big money then we would have kept Christie.

I also think we have at least a year before we need to make sure we have the position stabalized for a serious run at the SB.
Ð
03-04-2003, 06:01 PM
Let's bring Vanderjerk in. He could fill in as HC too apparently
Ebenezer
03-04-2003, 06:17 PM
Lindell would work...I liked Hollis but he didn't get depth...field position is too important to let teams start at the 30 or 35.