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Kickers- Who is next?


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Zane Gonzalez does not appear to be the answer.  Not because he missed an extra point but because his kickoffs were painfully short. My understanding is he has to stay on the active roster for 3-games so I guess he is here for the Texans and the Cowboys.

Eberle is on the practice squad but I guess if he was the answer than Gonazales would not have been brought in. Hard to win in this league without an decent kicker. You think the Panthers trade for another or are they stuck with what they got? 
 

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Well the block wasn't on him we nee dour line to  actually block someone. Missed XP is kilgos and then he made 2 so maybe just go ahead and keep him instead of going from an 88 > 80 > 69 to then who....a 60? Although those kickoffs are buttcrack so that alone may need a paddling

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I suggested in the gameday thread that we may as well carry 2 kickers on the gameday roster for the next two weeks and play Eberle, because Zane is gonna cost us a game.

I didn't think there were any kickers in the league who couldn't kick it out of the endzone since they moved the kickoff up, but then I watched Zane today.  

I am 100% serious...  those kickoffs are scary, and his actual kicking for points isn't any more reassuring than any of the guys who preceded him.  We need to bring up Eberle or sign someone else ASAP.

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Not kicking it thru the back of the end zone very well could be a strategy the coaches have implemented.

Kicking it thru the end zone helps keep your special-teamers healthy, but with touchbacks now being to the 25, a lot of teams ask their kicker to try and have it land right on the goal line so they're forced to return it and start short of the 25 in most instances. 

Whether we cover the kick well enough to keep them short of the 25 is another question, but I wouldn't necessarily say he couldn't do it, it might have been asked of him.

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1 minute ago, tukafan21 said:

Not kicking it thru the back of the end zone very well could be a strategy the coaches have implemented.

Kicking it thru the end zone helps keep your special-teamers healthy, but with touchbacks now being to the 25, a lot of teams ask their kicker to try and have it land right on the goal line so they're forced to return it and start short of the 25 in most instances. 

Whether we cover the kick well enough to keep them short of the 25 is another question, but I wouldn't necessarily say he couldn't do it, it might have been asked of him.

Actually, coaches want kickers to kcik it out of the endzone. The philosphy is that you are giving the opponent one less opportunity to score. They did a piece on place kickers on NFL Live over the offseason discussing this very topic. 

 

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1 minute ago, tukafan21 said:

Not kicking it thru the back of the end zone very well could be a strategy the coaches have implemented.

Kicking it thru the end zone helps keep your special-teamers healthy, but with touchbacks now being to the 25, a lot of teams ask their kicker to try and have it land right on the goal line so they're forced to return it and start short of the 25 in most instances. 

Whether we cover the kick well enough to keep them short of the 25 is another question, but I wouldn't necessarily say he couldn't do it, it might have been asked of him.

Don't remember the exact number but he's only around 60% touchback. Not a strategy and I think the Saints returned every kickoff today past the 30

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3 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Not kicking it thru the back of the end zone very well could be a strategy the coaches have implemented.

Kicking it thru the end zone helps keep your special-teamers healthy, but with touchbacks now being to the 25, a lot of teams ask their kicker to try and have it land right on the goal line so they're forced to return it and start short of the 25 in most instances. 

Whether we cover the kick well enough to keep them short of the 25 is another question, but I wouldn't necessarily say he couldn't do it, it might have been asked of him.

Well that was a shitty implementation b/c they got better than the 25 yardline on most of their drives.

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3 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Not kicking it thru the back of the end zone very well could be a strategy the coaches have implemented.

Kicking it thru the end zone helps keep your special-teamers healthy, but with touchbacks now being to the 25, a lot of teams ask their kicker to try and have it land right on the goal line so they're forced to return it and start short of the 25 in most instances. 

Whether we cover the kick well enough to keep them short of the 25 is another question, but I wouldn't necessarily say he couldn't do it, it might have been asked of him.

Against some teams, it might be a strategy.  I can't imagine it was the strategy against the Aint's.  Their kick returner is pretty good.  

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