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This is a 12-4 team if we just get rid of Gano, Funchess and Washington

Carl Spackler

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Gano has been garbage lately, but he's nearly guaranteed to be the NFC Pro Bowl kicker this year. There just aren't any good kickers anymore, we're not the only ones with this problem.

And that's just me humoring you. Yes, we would be better if we had upgrades at those 3 spots you mentioned, but *definitely* not 12-4 better. Our biggest issue on the entire team is Rivera, second biggest is how much our defense is aging. TD: lost a step. Kuechly: lost a step. Peppers: 38 years old and still goodish, but not nearly what he once was. Mike Adams: 37 years old. Those are all issues not likely to be solved by scheming. Eric Washington isn't making Kuechly and TD miss all of these tackles.

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3 minutes ago, CRA said:

Gano shouldnt be named in this thread.   He is more of a postive than negative for us.  Everyone gets to have a bad game.  Even kickers.  

this year he won us a game with a record kick and hadn't missed a FG leading up to that kick since when? 

He's been Zane Gonzalez since then. Couldn't make a thing yesterday or against Washington (two of our losses right there).

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Just now, Sam Mills Fan said:

Gano has been garbage lately, but he's nearly guaranteed to be the NFC Pro Bowl kicker this year. There just aren't any good kickers anymore, we're not the only ones with this problem.

And that's just me humoring you. Yes, we would be better if we had upgrades at those 3 spots you mentioned, but *definitely* not 12-4 better. Our biggest issue on the entire team is Rivera, second biggest is how much our defense is aging. TD: lost a step. Kuechly: lost a step. Peppers: 38 years old and still goodish, but not nearly what he once was. Mike Adams: 37 years old. Those are all issues not likely to be solved by scheming. Eric Washington isn't making Kuechly and TD miss all of these tackles.

I don't believe that Luke has lost a step. He's facing a ton more pressure because he has to be a defensive coach because the DC is an idiot, the middle linebacker because it's his position and the defensive tackle, because we can't generate an ounce of pressure. 

Washington has almost the same defense as we had last year. And schematically, it blows ass.

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https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2015/best-clutch-kicker-ever

 

Yea, those stats are only up to 2014.  That's all I could find.

Don't bother clicking that link if you worship at the temple of John Kasay.  You'll find your idol to be, in fact, sitting at the exact same percentage of clutchery as Gano while kicking from a much shorter distance.  Also note that Gano has been asked to kick average clutch kicks of 44.3 yards - the longest average distance of any listed except Zuerlein (who was asked to kick clutch kicks on average of a ridiculous 51.9 yards)

 

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3 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

He's been Zane Gonzalez since then. Couldn't make a thing yesterday or against Washington (two of our losses right there).

bologna.  He missed an XP.  That was it.  Happens. 

When is the last time he missed a FG? 

Go check the kickers around the league and how they all kick.  Getting rid of Gano would just be scapegoating to bring in someone worse.  That called hustling backwards bruh. 

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4 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

I don't believe that Luke has lost a step. He's facing a ton more pressure because he has to be a defensive coach because the DC is an idiot, the middle linebacker because it's his position and the defensive tackle, because we can't generate an ounce of pressure. 

Washington has almost the same defense as we had last year. And schematically, it blows ass.

well, he doesn't have our best interior defensive lineman anymore. 

 

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5 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

I don't believe that Luke has lost a step. He's facing a ton more pressure because he has to be a defensive coach because the DC is an idiot, the middle linebacker because it's his position and the defensive tackle, because we can't generate an ounce of pressure. 

Washington has almost the same defense as we had last year. And schematically, it blows ass.

None of those things can explain Luke missing tackles like he's Dan Connor out there.

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