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As one who believes that it will be very hard for the Bills to make a serious playoff run with R.Lindell as the team's PK, the following article about M.Gramatica caught my eye:
"Free agent kicker Martin Gramatica, still attempting to catch on with a team for 2005 and revive a once-promising career, has undergone surgery to repair two abdominal tears that apparently contributed to his poor performance over the past two seasons.
The surgery, performed by specialist Dr. William Meyer of Philadelphia, repaired the lower adductor and lower abdomen, both on the right side. Gramatica had 2003 hernia surgery and, until being diagnosed by Meyer, felt that problem had re-occurred.
A six-year veteran who finished the 2004 season on the Indianapolis roster, Gramatica was one of the league's top kickers for much of a nearly six-season tenure in Tampa Bay, but was released by the Bucs last December after converting only 11 of 19 field goal attempts....
...For his career, Gramatica has converted 137 of 179 field goal attempts and all but two of his 183 extra point tries, for 592 points. It is uncertain if Gramatica will have recovered from the surgery in time for training camp, but he still plans to pursue job openings in the league."
(URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2096375 )
If Gramatica has recovered from his surgery in time for training camp, do you think that he would be worth bringing in to look at as a possible replacement for R.Lindell?
I don't know how long it might take for surgery such as this to heal or what impact the surgery, itself, would have on his ability to kick a football (it could be significant or it might be minimal), but I think that it would definitely be worth a shot if he has recovered by the middle of training camp. If the abdominal tears are the reason for the sudden drop-off in Gramatica's performance and the surgery corrects the problem to the point where he is able to kick like he did prior to the injury, he might be just the answer the Bills need at that position. Before the hernia and subsequent abdominal tears, Gramatica was a top-flight PK in the NFL and, if this surgery allows him to finally put those problems behind him, I would say that he would definitely be worth taking a look at. What do you think?
"Free agent kicker Martin Gramatica, still attempting to catch on with a team for 2005 and revive a once-promising career, has undergone surgery to repair two abdominal tears that apparently contributed to his poor performance over the past two seasons.
The surgery, performed by specialist Dr. William Meyer of Philadelphia, repaired the lower adductor and lower abdomen, both on the right side. Gramatica had 2003 hernia surgery and, until being diagnosed by Meyer, felt that problem had re-occurred.
A six-year veteran who finished the 2004 season on the Indianapolis roster, Gramatica was one of the league's top kickers for much of a nearly six-season tenure in Tampa Bay, but was released by the Bucs last December after converting only 11 of 19 field goal attempts....
...For his career, Gramatica has converted 137 of 179 field goal attempts and all but two of his 183 extra point tries, for 592 points. It is uncertain if Gramatica will have recovered from the surgery in time for training camp, but he still plans to pursue job openings in the league."
(URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2096375 )
If Gramatica has recovered from his surgery in time for training camp, do you think that he would be worth bringing in to look at as a possible replacement for R.Lindell?
I don't know how long it might take for surgery such as this to heal or what impact the surgery, itself, would have on his ability to kick a football (it could be significant or it might be minimal), but I think that it would definitely be worth a shot if he has recovered by the middle of training camp. If the abdominal tears are the reason for the sudden drop-off in Gramatica's performance and the surgery corrects the problem to the point where he is able to kick like he did prior to the injury, he might be just the answer the Bills need at that position. Before the hernia and subsequent abdominal tears, Gramatica was a top-flight PK in the NFL and, if this surgery allows him to finally put those problems behind him, I would say that he would definitely be worth taking a look at. What do you think?
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