Slye is Gone

[PhillyB]

wish him nothing but the best. he had a cool story. hope he catches on somewhere in the AFC 

[Ivan The Awesome]

As was expected. Hate it for the kid, but this is a performance driven league and he was just not cutting it. 

[frankw]

If you look at average kicker salary Ryan Santoso is actually making slightly more than Slye was which is still bottom of the league. So I don't understand the anger like he was overpaid and overrated. We took a chance on youth and affordability. I wish the guy luck but this is a common story around the league maybe he'll get another chance somewhere else down the line.

[Actionman0z]

15 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Is Santoso from around here? I’m fairly sure this guy was the manager at Chewy’s the last time I went.

ETA: before all the huffing and puffing, I believe he’s the only of Indonesian descent player in the NFL.

That stash is homage to old fashion porn. Ahhh the good ol’ days

[outlaw4]

Not going to rag on the guy. I'll put more of the blame on Hurney.

[CRA]

I totally get the Panthers wanting to move on right now.  

wish they would have found a better kicker before doing it though 

[Dan Hart]

Does Slye know he's been cut, or did he miss it?

[kungfoodude]

9 minutes ago, CRA said:

I totally get the Panthers wanting to move on right now.  

wish they would have found a better kicker before doing it though 

Well, he's never missed a FG in an NFL regular season game.

[CRA]

28 minutes ago, frankw said:

If you look at average kicker salary Ryan Santoso is actually making slightly more than Slye was which is still bottom of the league. So I don't understand the anger like he was overpaid and overrated. We took a chance on youth and affordability. I wish the guy luck but this is a common story around the league maybe he'll get another chance somewhere else down the line.

seems like a bad gamble.  

He was more of a punter than kicker in college….and only punted his last 2 seasons.    He has bounced around the league for a half decade and one team let him be a kickoff specialist for part of a season (and he was bad at that). 

if you are going to gamble on a young promising leg….you need to a actually find one. 

[CRA]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Well, he's never missed a FG in an NFL regular season game.

Neither has our punter 

[Moo Daeng]

15 minutes ago, CRA said:

I totally get the Panthers wanting to move on right now.  

wish they would have found a better kicker before doing it though 

You don't know anything about Santoso. So why assume he's not good?

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, CRA said:

Neither has our punter 

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

You don't know anything about Santoso. So why assume he's not good?

We do know things about Santoso.  

He kicked at Minnesota.  He wasn’t a good FG kicker in college…they replaced him on FGs and he only punted and kicked off his last two seasons.  

He has bounced around the league for a half decade trying to kick.  Titans let him be a kickoff specialist for part of a season….and he had a very low TB %. 

why would anyone assume that he can be an efficient FG and KO guy for the Panthers based off that? 
 

[iamhubby1]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

We do know things about Santoso.  

He kicked at Minnesota.  He wasn’t a good FG kicker in college…they replaced him on FGs and he only punted and kicked off his last two seasons.  

He has bounced around the league for a half decade trying to kick.  Titans let him be a kickoff specialist for part of a season….and he had a very low TB %. 

why would anyone assume that he can be an efficient FG and KO guy for the Panthers based off that? 
 

 

How about we go with this fact? He did enough to earn this shot. How about we wait until he fails to roast him?

 

You really have become a grumpy old man lately. Sorry to see that.