Anyone else concerned?

[BrianS]

In a grand turnabout, no QB's involved in the thread!

So I was just browsing stats now that we're halfway through the season and came across this . . . 

FG %

XP %

 

Not that there is much we can do about it . . . but . . . bottom 25% of the league in both stats is definitely concerning to me.

[CRA]

more concerned w/ the blocking up front. 

Syle is what he is.  A big footed kicker.  He will miss some.  Trade off is he will give you a shot at kicks others can't. 

Lot of pressure getting through of late impacting kicks.  That is my bigger concern. 

[sharkkiller]

Hmm...interesting...Slye is not as accurate as Gano....imagine that.

 

LOL at everyone who was so dead set on cutting Gano for Slye this preseason. Gano going on IR was not as good a thing as everyone thought.

[panthers55]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

more concerned w/ the blocking up front. 

Syle is what he is.  A big footed kicker.  He will miss some.  Trade off is he will give you a shot at kicks others can't. 

Lot of pressure getting through of late impacting kicks.  That is my bigger concern. 

Seems to me the blocks and some misses were due to guys crashing from the edges or coming right up the middle. Seems like Slye isn't necessarily the biggest concern.

[t96]

Stat is skewed a bit by blocks, kicks that would’ve been blocked had he not kicked around the defender (which is why it was missed) and a free kick attempt that was very long and never practiced... 1 PAT missed is not horrific, even Justin Tucker missed one last night.

[Go DJ that's my DJ]

2 minutes ago, sharkkiller said:

Hmm...interesting...Slye is not as accurate as Gano....imagine that.

 

LOL at everyone who was so dead set on cutting Gano for Slye this preseason. Gano going on IR was not as good a thing as everyone thought.

we blew it by not keeping butker. Dave's final gift and we threw it in the trash for Ganope

[Bartin]

I don’t think he is the long term answer. We need to go find a K this offseason. Gano isn’t it either. Draft one late and bring in a UDFA. Let them compete for it. I definitely don’t want to go pull one off the trash heap right now. Would much rather stick with Slye than what is out there currently.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

I think I'd have to see a bigger break down.  Example, we had that "free kick" for Syle that had an extremely low chance of going in due to distance, but it counts against his FG %.

[BlazeCarolina]

I think the data is skewed and I am fine with Joey's performance.  Team has a confidence in kicking we haven't had in a long time.

Butker was my kicker, but I have to try to let that go.

[MasterAwesome]

I mean, that was literally his exact FG% (71.4) in 3 of his 4 college seasons including his final year...so no one should be particularly surprised except for those who were trying to argue in the preseason that we shouldn’t pay any attention to his college performance.

His insane leg strength is such an asset that I’m still holding onto hope that he can improve his consistency.

[sharkkiller]

So far, there is absolutely nothing that Slye has done, that we were not getting from Gano. The hatred for Gano is just amazing here.

[BrizzMachete]

We need a new kicker i been said this . He see one rusher in his face and he shanks it every time . I know the line gotta do better but damn that’s part of kicking 

[Anybodyhome]

Stat is skewed, kicker not the biggest concern, opposing team crashing the edges, kicked around a defender.....

Why didn't Gano get all these excuses?

The Gano hatred is so obvious, half of you would trot Stevie Wonder out there and be searching for excuses why he missed just to keep Gano off the field.

[onmyown]

45 minutes ago, sharkkiller said:

Hmm...interesting...Slye is not as accurate as Gano....imagine that.

 

LOL at everyone who was so dead set on cutting Gano for Slye this preseason. Gano going on IR was not as good a thing as everyone thought.

Gano? You’re joking right?

you do realize we didn’t even attempt kicks Slye is attempting with Gano and he’s a rookie and he’s not injured AND he’s paid in gummy bears.

come on man. It’s not the same thing.

 The anyone should be pissed about anything it’s the incompetent staff letting Butker go.