Panthers Trade for a Kicker...

[KB_fan]

9 minutes ago, Obeg said:

Not that I think we should do this or will do this - and it appears we have a great punter - and I also realize that having a kicker that can also punt in an emergency (with some sort of excellence) is what we are after... now with all those disclaimers in place....

Has any team ever run with only 1 kicker to do kick offs, FGs, and punts?  Would be nice to free up a position.

 

Pretty sure a team did this a few years ago. Forget who.

But in the age of Covid, I doubt you'd want to risk 2 specialist positions on 1 guy. The fact that Santoso can punt is a plus in these days when you can so easily lose players suddenly to the Covid list.

[Mr. Scot]

From what I've read, there was some thought in New York about using Santoso as a kickoff specialist.

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, OldhamA said:

That's interesting cos I'm the opposite - I'd send him back if he stepped off the plane looking like that. 

back where?

[jayflip]

23 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

From what I've read, there was some thought in New York about using Santoso as a kickoff specialist.

Who was our wasted roster spot back in the day? Rhys Lloyd?

[CRA]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

From what I've read, there was some thought in New York about using Santoso as a kickoff specialist.

and who would kick field goals? Seems kinda backwards.   You only need a kickoff specialist if your FG kicker is weak legged. 

[MasterAwesome]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

The coaching staff will have tomorrow nights game, pre-game warmups, Sunday’s practice, and Monday’s practice to properly evaluate Santoso 

If Santoso is not a substantial upgrade don’t be surprised if they simply stick with Joey Slye. His automatic touchbacks and large thick penis still have value to the team 

Is that a Joe Person inside scoop?

[Eazy-E]

Just read up on this guy and his history does not instill much confidence. 
 

Where all the rookie kickers at? 

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, t96 said:

The most likely outcome outside of sticking with Joey is that he wins the job initially, gets a shot the first few games but at some point during the season starts stinking it up which shows why MN didn't want him kicking FGs and he hasn't gotten a shot in the NFL before. Then we lose the pick and still have sh*tty kicking.

 

I hope he's just great but this isn't a very inspiring trade. He's just some scrub nobody, and we have no real reason to believe that he'll be any better than Slye at this point...

I was like, "What the fug?" His career stats (if you can call them that) aren't too inspiring. 

[bythenbrs]

“In on every deal.”  Fitterer doing God’s work.

[TheSpecialJuan]

6 minutes ago, bythenbrs said:

“In on every deal.”  Fitterer doing God’s work.

Sure is I love him 

[NAS]

I don't know why anyone would have a problem with this trade.  It's a low risk move (conditional pick) for a young kicker with high potential.

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

Trading for Ganos backup.

[SmokinwithWilly]

It sure doesn't feel like we're settling for a rebuilding year. Deep playoff run has got to be on their minds. 

[BigCat#1]

19 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

It sure doesn't feel like we're settling for a rebuilding year. Deep playoff run has got to be on their minds. 

I hope but realistically its not winning only 5 games for 3rd year in a row