Joey Slye is actually very consistent

[TN05]

2014 - 71.4%

2015 - 76.7%

2016 - 71.4%

2017 - 71.4%

2019 - 73.1%

[WarHeel]

Gano is roughly 85% FG, 95% XP during his tenure with the Panthers so people calling me out saying he is worse than Slye can suck on the facts.

[bigpoppa]

He was very consistent yesterday

[Mage]

Consistently terrible 

This site underrates the hell out of Gano.  He’s not perfect but compared to Slye LOL

[Wolfpack352]

Well this is the huddle, so a bad game or two from anyone........burn'em alive!!!  

[TheRed]

He's been bad. It's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that his time is up.

But guess what? Here's the actual silver lining in all this. Check out where Joey is on this list below of current Panthers contracts.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/contracts/

That's right, the very bottom. He is making peanuts. He's below even Reggie Bonnafon. This gives us flexibility and will allow us to pursue all options at kicker for the future.

We've seen the highs and lows of an inconsistent rookie kicker, and we've also seen the highs and lows of an inconsistent veteran kicker. Maybe it's time to meet somewhere in the middle?

[panthers1234]

47 minutes ago, TheRed said:

He's been bad. It's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that his time is up.

But guess what? Here's the actual silver lining in all this. Check out where Joey is on this list below of current Panthers contracts.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/contracts/

That's right, the very bottom. He is making peanuts. He's below even Reggie Bonnafon. This gives us flexibility and will allow us to pursue all options at kicker for the future.

We've seen the highs and lows of an inconsistent rookie kicker, and we've also seen the highs and lows of an inconsistent veteran kicker. Maybe it's time to meet somewhere in the middle?

Problem is all the good kickers are already on a team and the only ones left to pick from are the rejects. Also alot of drafted kickers don't pan out all that well either. Gano is fine. Most kickers in the NFL have moments they choke. 

[TheRed]

14 minutes ago, panthers1234 said:

Problem is all the good kickers are already on a team and the only ones left to pick from are the rejects. Also alot of drafted kickers don't pan out all that well either. Gano is fine. Most kickers in the NFL have moments they choke. 

There's always a kicker carousel in the NFL. Hard to say what things will look like next year. Things can change quickly.

Beyond the availability aspect, the issue with Gano is he is coming off knee surgery for an injury so bad he couldn't even set foot on the field. That's never a good sign for a player whose career relies on their legs. There is a possibility of rolling the dice with him in 2020 but realistically one year is about all you'll get out of him with knee problems. In 2021 he will be 34 and regardless we will still be looking for a future kicker. It really will boil down to what we feel will be the best situation all around. Either you rent Gano for one year or you go ahead and look for the next guy. Gano will cost 4.5 million against the cap next year versus 3 million to cut him. The final decision will be based entirely around how healthy he looks next offseason.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

Fortunately for Slye, the season is over anyways. So they might as well keep rolling with him for a while to see if he can right the ship. It sucks because he is 6-9 from 50+, yet has missed 4 xp this year. 

Counter argument: tbh I think we may have the worst field goal blocking in the league. If he didn't push the kick yesterday right it would have been blocked. Doesn't excuse the earlier 2 xp misses though. 

[rodeo]

Butker is 85.7% this year with 88.7% career

[BrianS]

3 minutes ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Counter argument: tbh I think we may have the worst field goal blocking in the league. If he didn't push the kick yesterday right it would have been blocked. Doesn't excuse the earlier 2 xp misses though. 

It doesn't excuse 71% kicking, but you are right, it's fairly likely the kick would have been blocked.  The guy jumped the center and was on his feet in the backfield, right up the middle.

[blackcat]

At this point in the season, makes no sense to cut him.  It's not like we're going to the Superb Owl or anything.

[Asurfaholic]

He’s probably kicking himself.

 

 

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[4Corners]

Another awful NFL player from Virginia Tech. Whowoodathunkit