Bills plan to sign K Dan Carpenter?

[X-Era]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/374668272731308033

[Mr Bills]

Why not of have just kept Lindell if they wanted 2 kickers?? Oh wait its OBD and they like being cheap, even on kickers.

[Novacane]

This makes no sense!

[Dr. Lecter]

Jesus.

Hopkins was fine in the pre season.

Once again, this franchise defies logic. Why sign an reserve guard since they currently have none. Why sign a QB so they have more than a UDFA back up on the roster. Why sign a back up ILB, when they only have one on the roster. Why sign a CB when they are short there too.

Of course, a 7th ****ing safety might be nice too. 6 might not be enough

Nope. Let's sign a ****ing kicker.

Unless Hopkins is injured this is dumb as hell

[The Jokeman]

Why not of have just kept Lindell if they wanted 2 kickers?? Oh wait its OBD and they like being cheap, even on kickers.
But he has intel on both the Dolphins and Jets :crazy: Perfect signing if ask me. No not really, seriously if we're wasting a spot on a second kicker we're in a bigger mess than I thought.

[Mr. Pink]

If Carpenter is signed, Hopkins would likely be released...

At least I doubt there's gonna be two kickers on the roster.

[The Jokeman]

If Carpenter is signed, Hopkins would likely be released...

At least I doubt there's gonna be two kickers on the roster.
Why not? We did it last season for the first few weeks.

[scartown]

Hopkins injured his groin today. This explains the signing.

[Crisis]

Hopkins injured his groin today. This explains the signing.

That makes sense. They wouldn't randomly sign a kicker when Hopkins has looked fine.

[stuckincincy]

Hopkins injured his groin today. This explains the signing.

Today's Labor Day. Good time to injure your groin.

[X-Era]

Hopkins injured his groin as previously stated. Carpenter is a Bill.

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/374677237804462080

[Scumbag College]

Is Hopkins going to be released? Ir'ed?

[Meathead]

ok i swear to dog as soon as i saw the title i knew hopkins had to be injured. then i got in here and saw a whole heapa panty bunching going on. lmao @ you

[Meathead]

and yeah they will ir him for sure. a groin injury for the kicker is a pain in the groin all year. just shelve him and see if he comes back full bore next year

[BertSquirtgum]

How do you injure your groin kicking a ball?

[Meathead]

probably the same way you injure your ball kicking a groin

[X-Era]

How do you injure your groin kicking a ball?
Kicking balls can injure groins.

[Dr. Lecter]

and yeah they will ir him for sure. a groin injury for the kicker is a pain in the groin all year. just shelve him and see if he comes back full bore next year
Except we have no idea how injured it is

[Dr. Lecter]

ok i swear to dog as soon as i saw the title i knew hopkins had to be injured. then i got in here and saw a whole heapa panty bunching going on. lmao @ you

This team does not get the benefit of the doubt

[Albany,n.y.]

Is Hopkins going to be released? Ir'ed?

He's certainly NOT going to be released. He's our kicker for the next decade. Unless it's a tear that needs season ending surgery, they'll either keep him on the roster or use the IR exemption where he can be IR'd & brought back later in the season. Hopkins will be kicking in the NFL many years after Carpenter is out of the league.

[Beebe]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9628421/source-buffalo-bills-sign-veteran-kicker-dan-carpenter

[tampabay25690]

Why not of have just kept Lindell if they wanted 2 kickers?? Oh wait its OBD and they like being cheap, even on kickers.

Ok maybe we just won't have a kicker Sunday???
Y do people over react so fast...

[tampabay25690]

ok i swear to dog as soon as i saw the title i knew hopkins had to be injured. then i got in here and saw a whole heapa panty bunching going on. lmao @ you

I hear u...
Insane how fast this board gets all jumpy!!!

[GvilleBills]

Hoping that Hopkins isn't sidelined too long. Carpenter is garbage.

[Beebe's Kid]

How do you injure your groin kicking a ball?
You can't make the connection there? You really don't see how this might be an injury that a kicker would suffer? I'd give you the broken wrist argument, but the groin seems kind of self-explanatory.

I know, I know, I am a ****** and so on and so forth.

[justasportsfan]

Jesus.

Hopkins was fine in the pre season.

Once again, this franchise defies logic. Why sign an reserve guard since they currently have none. Why sign a QB so they have more than a UDFA back up on the roster. Why sign a back up ILB, when they only have one on the roster. Why sign a CB when they are short there too.

Of course, a 7th ****ing safety might be nice too. 6 might not be enough

Nope. Let's sign a ****ing kicker.

Unless Hopkins is injured this is dumb as hell

What's with you and your panic riddled knee jerk reaction lately?

[Novacane]

OK. Now it makes sense. It would be nice if we heard from the Bills first that Hopkins had been injured and they were looking for a K. Then there would not have been the overreaction!

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What's with you and your panic riddled knee jerk reaction lately?



Op stole his password!

[Albany,n.y.]

OK. Now it makes sense. It would be nice if we heard from the Bills first that Hopkins had been injured and they were looking for a K. Then there would not have been the overreaction!

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Op stole his password!
They were more concerned that their competition for getting Carpenter didn't find out they were in the K market until they signed him than keeping fans from going nuts on Bills message boards.

[BertSquirtgum]

It's take no effort to kick a ball. How does one get injured?

[Dr. Lecter]

What's with you and your panic riddled knee jerk reaction lately?

Frustration with this team?

[Dr. Lecter]

It's take no effort to kick a ball. How does one get injured?

What?

The force the leg exerts is pretty strong

[Bert102176]

I don't think they make their players stretch before practices

[Mike13]

Cut by the Dolphins, Cards and Jets all within the span of a few weeks. And he arguably cost my team 2 to 3 more wins last year. But if you guys want him....

[Albany,n.y.]

Cut by the Dolphins, Cards and Jets all within the span of a few weeks. And he arguably cost my team 2 to 3 more wins last year. But if you guys want him....

The good news/bad news is that with this roster, no kicker is going to cost this team 2-3 wins this season.
I'll view this season as a success if EJ shows enough to trust him with the future of this team. The W/L record is not very important & will mean nothing if 2 or 3 years from now we're Super Bowl champs with EJ at QB.

[BertSquirtgum]

What?

The force the leg exerts is pretty strong

I can see a punter doing this but not a kicker.

[DraftBoy]

I can see a punter doing this but not a kicker.

What?

[justasportsfan]

Frustration with this team?

we all are but give this new regime a chance

[TigerJ]

Cut by the Dolphins, Cards and Jets all within the span of a few weeks. And he arguably cost my team 2 to 3 more wins last year. But if you guys want him....Poetic justice would be Dan Carpenter kicking a game winning FG against Miami in Miami.

[better days]

But he has intel on both the Dolphins and Jets :crazy: Perfect signing if ask me. No not really, seriously if we're wasting a spot on a second kicker we're in a bigger mess than I thought.

Well, the Bills have not been smart enough to take every advantage they could get in the past which is probably why they have gone 13 years without making the playoffs.

[Pinkerton Security]

How do you injure your groin kicking a ball?

Is this a joke?

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I can see a punter doing this but not a kicker.

lol.

[justasportsfan]

What?

The force the leg exerts is pretty strong you told us you pull yours a lot when you sit to pee.

[Turf]

Seems like everyone on this team is made of glass.

[kishoph]

Bills have signed Carpenter, according to the text I just received.

[Forward_Lateral]

Saw it on fb too.

Meh. Would've rather had Shayne Graham.

[Tatonka]

I don't understand why a kicker cant learn to punt or vice versa.. I mean what else do they have to practice?

[Ginger Vitis]

I don't understand why a kicker cant learn to punt or vice versa.. I mean what else do they have to practice?

In the CFL some teams over the years have had someone do both punting and field goal kicking

[Historian]

Seems like everyone on this team is made of glass.

At least glass is nice to look at.

They're more like cheap plastic from China.

[Mike13]

Poetic justice would be Dan Carpenter kicking a game winning FG against Miami in Miami.
That's not gonna happen when with a 6th string QB as your starting QB.

[justasportsfan]

That's not gonna happen when with a 6th string QB as your starting QB.

we beat you with Fitz last year.

[PTI]

Carpenter was huge in the Bills win over the Phins on December 19, 2010, Bills won 17-14. Carpenter was 0-4 on FGs that day!!!

Career he is 77.8%, if you take out that game he is 82.1!!!!!

[Mike13]

we beat you with Fitz last year.

Touche.

[gebobs]

I don't ever recall a Bills PK being injured...least not before the first game...of his effing career. Team is snake bit.

[Albany,n.y.]

I don't ever recall a Bills PK being injured...least not before the first game...of his effing career. Team is snake bit.

Kirk Roach-5th round pick in 1988. He was injured (hernia) before he could fairly compete against Norwood & then went on IR. He left & signed with Green Bay on plan B & never played a down in the NFL. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19890324&id=Q2saAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6846,94091
The strangest part is the Bills drafted a kicker who kicked barefoot. We were making jokes about him getting frostbite when they drafted him.