Im not saying Mare is the sole reason we lost BUT...

[MGH1989]

why the hell is he here? He isnt booming it in the endzone anymore than other kicker im watching and is Kasays leg that weak he wouldnt have been able to kick it in the endzone with the new kickoff rules, I have my doubts.

[Woodcookedbbq]

He was the best available that could kick off and kick FG's.

The defense is shot. That's why we lost the game. Too many injuries rendering them inefficient.

[Jangler]

Add kicker to the offseason needs, not so much about today as it's time we started looking for a young kicker

[raleigh-panther]

Yep.

[Snake]

That loss was disheartening. Its a bad thing when you cant trust your kicker to come threw.

[mav1234]

Cam was pretty adamant that he would take Mare kicking a FG to tie/win the game all day from that range and that the loss is not on Mare's shoulders alone. Tend to agree with him.

[BBQ&Beer]

Add kicker to the offseason needs, not so much about today as it's time we started looking for a young kicker

Shhhhh!!

Hurney hears that & you what we're drafting in the 2nd!

[raleigh-panther]

There is a reason why Mare has been a journeyman and we are seeing it.

We will see more.

It's one thing to kick when a team is ahead, it's another when it's a kick to win the game.

Very disheartening is right. Will be interesting to see how this team responds after the bye, and if they keep playing hard.

[PiratePanther189]

For so many years when Kicker was a place of consistency, even when we went 2-14, even that has been taken away from us and it is TOTALLY the Panthers fault John Kasay wasn't dressed for the Panthers today. Just like it is TOTALLY the Panthers fault that we have 2 giant gaping holes in the middle of our defensive line.

I don't care what people say, Olindo Mare has ONE job, and that's why kickers are held to a higher standard, because they have a whole week to practice ONE thing; over and over again. They didn't ask him to do anything inhumaine or crazy, they asked him to kick a 31 yard field goal in beautiful football conditions at the home stadium.

[Snake]

Cam was pretty adamant that he would take Mare kicking a FG to tie/win the game all day from that range and that the loss is not on Mare's shoulders alone. Tend to agree with him.

Well no, and I would not expect anyone to totally blame him. The fact is though he has been off this year and we may need to evaluate if he should be here next year. Its kinda like when Edwards takes a punt, I hold my breath that he holds on and just keeps the ball. Not hold my breath that he is going to take it back for a good gain.

[mav1234]

well if there is a good kicker available I can understand going in that direction, but Mare has been far from bad this year. He's one of the more reliable kickers this year especially when it comes to touchbacks. We'll see how the rest of the year goes - Mare is prone to streakiness.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Mare is 2nd in the NFL in touchbacks, so he is actually booming it into the endzone.

[Rubi]

Can someone post a video of Legadoodoo at the end of the first quarter I think...he went to chip block and he just fell to the ground and rolled into the guy's feet....I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw it.

[BIGH2001]

well if there is a good kicker available I can understand going in that direction, but Mare has been far from bad this year. He's one of the more reliable kickers this year especially when it comes to touchbacks. We'll see how the rest of the year goes - Mare is prone to streakiness.

Reliable? Like that kick in Chicago where his panties got in the way of full leg extension thus forcing him to come up short on a 52 yarder. The only time Rivera has let him try anything beyond 45 this year because even he knows Mare is a fuging vagina. Then today, Mr. Reliable came through again. Who cares about touchbacks that's not hard to do anymore. We could have just kept Rhys Lloyd if we needed a bunch of toucbacks and at least Kasay would have made the field goal today. Oh wait, but thank god we had the extra roster spot so that we could activate Armanti(!) for some more awesome punt returns.