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casdhf
03-03-2006, 09:33 AM
With all the talk about cuts, where's this guy's name? Isn't he making well over a mill for a friggin kicker? And an average kicker at that

http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/east/nfl/11/slideshow/680/images/2.jpg
Shasta McNasty
03-03-2006, 09:39 AM
what do you think kickers make?
tat2dmike77
03-03-2006, 09:54 AM
Give RL some credit he did improve last season at least

I stayed away from him my fantasy league but then picked him up he was an offensive machine for us last season.
casdhf
03-03-2006, 09:57 AM
what do you think kickers make?

800k?
Forward_Lateral
03-03-2006, 10:00 AM
As much as I've bashed Lindell in the past, I think cutting him would be a mistake. He's finally getting used to the winds and the conditions at the Ralph. Besides, if you wanted to bring in a guy like Vinitari, it would probably cost 4 times as much.
casdhf
03-03-2006, 10:12 AM
He could go 24 for 25 on the season, but the one miss would be in overtime to give us a lead with 3 seconds left. I just think he's not a kicker that can be relaible when it comes to big kicks. He can make 45 yarders in the 2nd quarter all day long, but when the pressure's on, I just feel like he folds.
G. Host
03-03-2006, 10:13 AM
When you do not have an offense which can score you need a kicker who can handle the winds. Sometimes you can get lucky with a rookie but mostly you need veteran kickers and veteran kickers to not usually get veteran minimum.
casdhf
03-03-2006, 10:13 AM
I'm still thinking Steve Christie days, I guess.
tat2dmike77
03-03-2006, 10:16 AM
I'm still thinking Steve Christie days, I guess.

It's time to let steve go as painfull as it may be cas time to move on and just enjoy the memories that steve gave us here in buffalo.
casdhf
03-03-2006, 10:25 AM
No, I don't want him back ... I just meant, having a clutch kicker around. Look what it's done for the Pats.
FlyingDutchman
03-03-2006, 12:11 PM
Its easy to blame a kicker for not making a crucial kick near the end of a game, but the bottom line is the rest of the team has to score points and do their jobs so it doenst have to come down to a kick. RL was the only consistant player on offense last year (sad to say)
Kerr
03-03-2006, 12:29 PM
Lindell did pretty well last seaon.
G. Host
03-03-2006, 12:32 PM
RL was the only consistant player on offense last year (sad to say)

Not true. Some were consistantly bad.
Jan Reimers
03-03-2006, 12:37 PM
Rian Lindell did an excellent job for us this past season. We have enough holes to fill already, so why cut a guy who was in reality our offensive MVP last year.
Shasta McNasty
03-03-2006, 12:46 PM
Maybe Peters could kick too.
gr8slayer
03-03-2006, 01:08 PM
We would be crazy to cut him right now. He turned it up last season.
FlyingDutchman
03-03-2006, 01:17 PM
Not true. Some were consistantly bad.

lol, yeah id have to say bennie anderson wins that award
Billsrock4life
03-03-2006, 02:21 PM
As much as I've bashed Lindell in the past, I think cutting him would be a mistake. He's finally getting used to the winds and the conditions at the Ralph. Besides, if you wanted to bring in a guy like Vinitari, it would probably cost 4 times as much.

agreed i diddnt like lindell that much when he first came here but he has improved alot over the past 2 seasons
HAMMER
03-03-2006, 06:08 PM
Statistically he wasn't a poor kicker two years ago, he just missed a couple of important kicks. Last year he was excellent, you don't make that switch.
tampabay25690
03-03-2006, 11:30 PM
With all the talk about cuts, where's this guy's name? Isn't he making well over a mill for a friggin kicker? And an average kicker at that

http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/east/nfl/11/slideshow/680/images/2.jpg

FOR WHAT reason should the BILLS cut him he was one of the bright spots last year....
Marvelous
03-03-2006, 11:56 PM
casdhf, Lindell was awesome last year and made a major turnaround.. His only weakness is kickoffs. We never get touchbacks. This position is one of the few on this team that i'm content with....... If only Lindell could get us touchbacks..
Historian
03-04-2006, 05:16 AM
Rian Lindell did an excellent job for us this past season. We have enough holes to fill already, so why cut a guy who was in reality our offensive MVP last year.

Agreed, not to mention there are far too many more pressing needs on this team.
Michael82
03-04-2006, 02:00 PM
800k?
:lmao:
Michael82
03-04-2006, 02:24 PM
Here's the current kickers and their contracts. Yes, Lindell is making a lot of money...but he's about average between the other good kickers that weren't drafted recently.

David Akers - $3,730,000
Josh Brown - $380,000 --- rookie contract
Kris Brown - $1,200,000
John Carney - $770,000
Phil Dawson - $800,000
Jay Feely - $770,000
Shayne Graham - $900,000
John Hall - $1,500,000
Jason Hanson - $1,350,000
Sebastian Janikowski - $1,100,000
Nick Kaeding - $385,000 --- rookie contract
John Kasay - $1,300,000
Rian Lindell - $950,000
Ryan Longwell - $1,000,000
Olindo Mare - $1,400,000
Mike Nugent - $310,000 --- rookie contract
Neil Rackers - $1,800,000
Jeff Reed - $1,250,000
Mike Scifres - $705,000
Josh Scobee - $385,000
Matt Stover - $900,000
Lawrence Tynes - $305,000 --- rookie contract
Mike Vanderjagt - $1,800,000
Adam Vinatieri - $2,509,000
Jeff Wilkins - $1,225,000