You'd think that one of our kickers could find a range between 50-60 yards just to get us much needed points on the board. I'll attribute a 6 point loss during this game & many more missed points by this aspect of our offense out of the picture. Our opponents can almost always play bend don't break because anything near their 33 yard line is off limits. The severely impedes our ability to keep us off a TD score or ahead accordingly.
50 yard + FG's are totally out of the question
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Re: 50 yard + FG's are totally out of the question
I can't really argue with the thinking on this one. The defense has been pretty good and we need to score TDs not field goals. Why take a shot at a lower percentage field goal??? The call was more a function of the way our team has performed the last two weeks than the ability of the kicking game IMO.
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Re: 50 yard + FG's are totally out of the question
Originally posted by ServoBillieves View PostThat kid can do it, but a grown man can't.
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How can you have a kicker on your roster that you don't trust to attempt a 50 yd FG, it's as foolish as having a backup QB that you don't trust to put in the game, no matter how bad your starter is doing, or having a 3rd string QB that has a better skill set than the 2 guys in front of him, yet you wont even give him reps in practice, or having your $100 Million FA injured and you don't even know about it, or having one of the most exciting, explosive RB's in the league, yet you give him 14 carries, etc, etc, etc. I'm done blaming the players (except for one of them), Gailey has no business being the head coach of this team. I give the players some credit for having loyalty and not throwing Gailey under the bus (Stevie's coming close), but I have to believe that Gailey is very close to losing his players. Why should they have any faith in him when he has no faith in them. It's time for a billboard (I know billboards don't work).
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Originally posted by kishoph View PostHow can you have a kicker on your roster that you don't trust to attempt a 50 yd FG, it's as foolish as having a backup QB that you don't trust to put in the game, no matter how bad your starter is doing, or having a 3rd string QB that has a better skill set than the 2 guys in front of him, yet you wont even give him reps in practice, or having your $100 Million FA injured and you don't even know about it, or having one of the most exciting, explosive RB's in the league, yet you give him 14 carries, etc, etc, etc. I'm done blaming the players (except for one of them), Gailey has no business being the head coach of this team. I give the players some credit for having loyalty and not throwing Gailey under the bus (Stevie's coming close), but I have to believe that Gailey is very close to losing his players. Why should they have any faith in him when he has no faith in them. It's time for a billboard (I know billboards don't work).
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Re: 50 yard + FG's are totally out of the question
Originally posted by ThunderGun View PostThe problem is that there just aren't that many good, consistent kickers available. Lindell is very consistent from within 45 yards. I'd say he's almost automatic on anything < 40 (I'd still have no faith in him if the game were on the line though). We can bring in a guy with a bigger leg, but then we would probably lose the consistency that Lindell gives us for the shorter kicks.
I don't know what the answer is...
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Re: 50 yard + FG's are totally out of the question
Originally posted by ThunderGun View PostThe problem is that there just aren't that many good, consistent kickers available. Lindell is very consistent from within 45 yards. I'd say he's almost automatic on anything < 40 (I'd still have no faith in him if the game were on the line though). We can bring in a guy with a bigger leg, but then we would probably lose the consistency that Lindell gives us for the shorter kicks.
I don't know what the answer is...
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No one has been a bigger supporter of Lindell than me over the years. He doesn't have the range of Christie, but over his career he's been more accurate from inside the 45. But his days are numbered. And here are the numbers: Games 12-16, 2012. He will not be on the team next season.Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.
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