Panthers re-sign Eddy Pineiro, cut Zane Gonzalez

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[07579394]

LOL,Zane will be another Gano or Butker anyway

[Chaos]

1 hour ago, jayboogieman said:

You mean the great Will Kunkel was wrong?

[Ricky Spanish]

Good.

Glad We're keeping Eddy, he had one bad game.

[Smithers]

1 hour ago, rayzor said:

I was fine with either one. Prefer the not injured one. 

I just hope it's not like losing butkner or whatever this name is.

Butker was a 75% kicker this past season.  He was always overhyped on this board 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Just now, Smithers said:

Butker was a 75% kicker this past season.  He was always overhyped on this board 

True 

[SZ James (banned)]

 

[Chaos]

2 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Good.

Glad We're keeping Eddy, he had one bad game.

Which turned out to be his MVP game

[csx]

3 hours ago, 07579394 said:

LOL,Zane will be another Gano or Butker anyway

Piniero's percentage was 19 points higher than Butker. What's the fascination with Butker anyway?

[kungfoodude]

8 hours ago, Castavar said:

Eddy saved us from ourselves tbh We win that game, and we most likely win the division. We most likely keep Wilks, draft even later, not be able trade up to #1, and we go into the next 5 years of mediocrity. Eddy is a real one!

People who are butthurt about that game must hate John Kasey. Because he lost way more important games for us than that one.

One game doesn't define a career. 

[Ricky Spanish]

8 hours ago, csx said:

Piniero's percentage was 19 points higher than Butker. What's the fascination with Butker anyway?

He was a younger and cheaper option after a year or two of bad/injured Gano. Also didn't seem like Rivera trusted him to try longer FGs (until the giants game) even though Gano has a cannon leg. Financially it seemed to make more sense to keep Butker and that Gano was on the downswing.

Then we eventually cut Gano and ate money and had Joey Slye, a downgrade from both, While Butker has gone on to be an above average Kicker with ice in his veins and Gano had a career resurgence in NY. It was just bad moves across the board. Vintage Hurney really.

Also, Butker was injured last year so his numbers were down, expect a bounce back year. 

 

[Panther'sBigD]

I get the feeling that Eddy is mentally tougher than a lot of posters give him credit for. Him getting rattled and missing that kick sealed our defeat and pretty much doomed our chances of taking the division, and everyone on the team and in the stands knew it. Coming back and making every kick for the remainder of the season, with the coach's (who took a chance on him and refused to cut him) job on the line, takes a lot of mental fortitude. I hope he carries it into next season.