Does Gonzalez get to stay?

[MHS831]

Our special teams sucked Sunday.  Chase better watch his back---twice we did not have enough players on the field, the kickoff coverage was bad, and the blocked FG---as a coach, Blackburn had a bad day because a lot of that was coaching/preparation.

[joemac]

Not a big fan of this dude at all.  He seems to have about as much leg strength as a High School kicker.  

[tecc86]

16 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yes, the block wasn't his fault, 100% on the blocking unit and his missed PAT was by a hair.  Missed kicks will happen, you have to look at how they were missed.  Slye was utterly shanking kicks.  Gonzalez just slightly misjudged his angle.

I don't mind a field goal/xp miss every now and then

Not getting the ball past the 10 yard line on kick offs is a much bigger issue

[t96]

4 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Lol we face Joey Slye on Thursday night. He missed a short FG on Sunday for the Texans. Watch him boot like three 60yd FGs for an inept Texans offense on Thursday 

With the scrub rookie at QB they may never even have the field position to attempt a 60 yard FG...

[Khyber53]

6 hours ago, Panthera onca said:

The short kickoffs are a huge concern for me. If he can't do better than that he will be out of here in a few weeks.

This was what really worries me. Even when his kick offs reached the end zone, it was just by a hair. We apparently don't have the coverage team to risk the run backs. I'd feel a lot better if he was booming them past the end line like Slye did. 

It's hard to march 75 yards down the field on this defense.

 

[Fox007]

12 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

This was what really worries me. Even when his kick offs reached the end zone, it was just by a hair. We apparently don't have the coverage team to risk the run backs. I'd feel a lot better if he was booming them past the end line like Slye did. 

It's hard to march 75 yards down the field on this defense.

 

In the presser Rhule said this is on purpose and they will continue to cover kicks going forward.

Now is he just saying that b/c our kickers suck, dunno but he did say covering kicks was going to be a thing and that they had planned for it.

Edited September 20, 2021 by Fox007

[NanuqoftheNorth]

So, knowing what we know now, should the Panthers try to resign Joey Slye when the Texans Fairbairn comes off IR? Might only be another week or two before that happens.

https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/meet-houston-new-kicker-joey-slye-news

[TheoJay10]

Wonder how many kicks Slye will miss Thursday. 

[Basbear]

Got to pay him for 3 weeks no matter what.....after this texans game they need to keep looking.

 

[Happy Panther]

7 hours ago, BlackPanther21_ said:

 Remember last year when we played them and he missed the game winner wide by like 10 yards? 

Yeah but it was very windy that day.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

There was a time when kickoffs traveling beyond the opponents end zone was uncommon.  Seems like most kickers these days can do it if called on to do so.  Doesn't seem like it would be in the Panthers best interests to commit to any kicker that is incapable of doing it consistently (if at all).

[gorillamilitia13]

Pats added Nick Foles to practice squad, could we sign him??

[thennek]

36 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

So, knowing what we know now, should the Panthers try to resign Joey Slye when the Texans Fairbairn comes off IR? Might only be another week or two before that happens.

https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/meet-houston-new-kicker-joey-slye-news

Yes! 
Slye is better than what we have now. 

[CanePantherHornet]

At some point Chase Blackburn have to be held accountable. They've been horrible in every phase of special teams.