Michael Badgley? Other kickers?

[Proudiddy]

The kicker from the Chargers was released today.  Has a career long of 59 and was near automatic his rookie year, but apparently regressed the last couple since, from what I've read.  Just throwing it out there, as Rhule and our team website have seemed to intimate that although we moved on from Slye and kept Santoso, they haven't committed to him yet and were still looking.  I think Badgley could be a good candidate.

[t96]

I don't see much point in signing another unknown at this point. Just role with Santoso until he gives us reason not to. 

[Proudiddy]

Just now, t96 said:

I don't see much point in signing another unknown at this point. Just role with Santoso until he gives us reason not to. 

That would be my approach, but I found it curious that they have made it a point to state they weren't fully committed to Santoso.

[Double Trouble]

100% under 40 yards (30/30), but only 62.9% beyond 40 (22/35).

[Jackie Lee]

This could be the guy

[MasterAwesome]

4 minutes ago, t96 said:

I don't see much point in signing another unknown at this point. Just role with Santoso until he gives us reason not to. 

Well, if there's reason to believe this guy would be a lateral move from Santoso then at least we could technically recoup the 7th round pick since that was a conditional trade.  Normally I would think who cares about a 7th round pick, but Fitterer seems to be on the opposite ends of a lot of 7th round transactions.

[Smittymoose]

Need to be working out guys constantly the next two weeks. No reason to piss away a 7th on this Santoso guy when there are other comparable/better options out there. 

[Maybenextyear]

3 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

Well, if there's reason to believe this guy would be a lateral move from Santoso then at least we could technically recoup the 7th round pick since that was a conditional trade.  Normally I would think who cares about a 7th round pick, but Fitterer seems to be on the opposite ends of a lot of 7th round transactions.

This right here!

[Proudiddy]

7 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

This could be the guy

Yeah, that's who I want.

[Carl Spackler]

Badgley was hot-cold at Miami. He missed quite a few kicks the year Miami was really good, but he also had a lot of good moments.

[Mr. Scot]

Here's  bold strategy...

 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Here's  bold strategy...

 

It sucks but we have seen that you can basically keep trying guys out over the course of the season until you get it right. Might cost you some W's. In Detroit case, I don't think that is as big of a deterrent.

[CanePantherHornet]

I went to college with Zane Gonzalez. I wanted us to pick him up whatever year he was drafted.

[Evil Hurney]

12 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Here's  bold strategy...

 

I was reading that this was a real possibility a few days ago. Basically they are equally good/bad so why eat a roster spot. Once they get past today they can IR-to-return some players (3 games) and bring back either guy.