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The Two Kicker Conundrum

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Haven't seen this talked about but I was just reading an Darin Gantt article over at the observer that said there is a proposed rule change, that now kick offs will be done at the 35 and not the 30 and touchbacks will be at the 25 instead of the 20. Now I don't really understand the reason for the change IMO it won't prevent injuries or anything else so it's kind of pointless.

But if they do change the rule, do you think we might scrap the idea of having a kick off specialist and just let Kasay do all kick offs. I never thought Kasays leg was THAT bad and with the shortened distance I'm sure he'd be able to handle it and it would free up a roster spot for us to use.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/03/would-rule-change-make-lloyd-obsolete.html

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No offense to any of the kickers, but I honestly hope the Panthers do away with the kick off specialist role. Seriously, would they have been any worse with out one last year? Did Rhys’s touch backs win them any more games? Also, how many game jerseys’ did one of our young players miss because of having a K.O. Specialist?

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I understand why they did it (saving Kasay for scoring opportunities) and objectively, it probably helped just as much as a young guy who'd likely only play special teams anyway.

Still, there will come a time when we have only one kicker, and the departure of John Fox may hasten that time.

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Haven't seen this talked about but I was just reading an Darin Gantt article over at the observer that said there is a proposed rule change, that now kick offs will be done at the 35 and not the 30 and touchbacks will be at the 25 instead of the 20. Now I don't really understand the reason for the change IMO it won't prevent injuries or anything else so it's kind of pointless.

But if they do change the rule, do you think we might scrap the idea of having a kick off specialist and just let Kasay do all kick offs. I never thought Kasays leg was THAT bad and with the shortened distance I'm sure he'd be able to handle it and it would free up a roster spot for us to use.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/03/would-rule-change-make-lloyd-obsolete.html

it prevents injury b/c it will greatly reduce the number of returned kicks. More balls in and out of the endzone....and if you opt to return one you gotta at least make it 5 more yards than before to make it worth it.

new era is here regardless. Bye bye Kasay. Hopefully, Kasay walks away and is ready to retire though.

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I understand why they did it (saving Kasay for scoring opportunities) and objectively, it probably helped just as much as a young guy who'd likely only play special teams anyway.

Still, there will come a time when we have only one kicker, and the departure of John Fox may hasten that time.

Yeah, it's a sad moment. But it might be time to completely move on and Kasay is the last limb of the tree to be cut off.

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Kicker has always been an interesting position. They can be the most insignificant player on a team the entire season but become the most important in an instant. Definitely a better to have and not need than need and not have position.

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If it got passed it would also reduce the need for a kickoff return man as well given they will largely be catching them and downing the ball.

As for getting rid of Kasay, why would you do that at this point. He is money inside 50 yards. If you want to replace someone how about finding a punter who can kickoff as well. That would be easier than replacing Kasay I would think.

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it prevents injury b/c it will greatly reduce the number of returned kicks. More balls in and out of the endzone....and if you opt to return one you gotta at least make it 5 more yards than before to make it worth it.

new era is here regardless. Bye bye Kasay. Hopefully, Kasay walks away and is ready to retire though.

The silliness of it all is that they made rule changes a few years ago for the specific purpose of reducing the number of touchbacks in order to make the game more exciting.

Now we're trying to take it in the opposite direction, and all because everybody's scared that someone might get hurt playing football :rolleyes:

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