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Rivera and the 50 yard kick


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Last year there were a couple 50 yard kicks where we punted....

Rivera applied the same logic Sunday but worse. Rivera claimed we didn't kick bc of crosswinds but then changed and said he didn't want to rattle the confidence of a kicker if he missed.

Bottom line is, Rivera for the 2nd year in a row early on....he instills in our kickers mind he has no faith in him to make what in today's NFL is a standard request. Now I know Mare sucks....but that lack of faith probably didn't do much for him as the season went on.

We have no coach. I am officially done with Rivera.

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I was actually going to post earlier that there is clearly some kind of mindf*ck Rivera has going on when it come to 50 yards. He'd let a kicker have at it - 45, 46, 47, 48, 49... But, 50? No! No! We can't do that, that's way too far.

He showed it last year. Mare was horrible but he was capable of 50, and the Arizona game was a prime example of Rivera refusing to attempt one of similar distance. I don't know what stats he's reading, but he clearly has a problem with it.

Mare would've sucked regardless and I'm not worried about how it affects the kickers mentally, so Medlock is fine and he proved that yesterday, but what does bother me is the amount of points he's cheated us out of by refusing to kick in these situations.

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He had just barely inched over a 41 yarder. Off the crossbar. Not saying he shouldn't have tried, but we didn't leave points on the field, he would have missed that.

It touched the upright, not the crossbar. That kick had plenty of distance on it.

A few of you are missing the point...there is nothing to lose at the end of the half, other than a block which the other team recovers and runs down the field for a TD. That is extremely rare. The odds are far better that you'll get the 3.

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