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He hit from 47 and 42 yards against the 49ers but then could not make a 34-yard try. Rosas also hit the game-opening kickoff out of bounds. For the season, Rosas is now 10-for-15 on field goals. “We’ve got to make kicks,’’ coach Ben McAdoo said. |
Nugent missed an easy chip shot yesterday - when the game was still close in 3q - and is I think 3 of 5 for Dallas. He's not the answer.
How about Butker on the Chiefs???
No where did any scouting report talk about this kid like that.
And our coach, who talks about great practices....who have to really start wondering about this guy.
Let's face it.....with a rookie kicker, you are going to have growing pains.....I said that before the opening of the season, that this may be a gamble in close games...
Well guess what? He has faltered, and he couldn't have picked a better season to do it.....you only get better by experience, and hopefully he learns from this......we have let too many kickers get away, for one reason or the other....hopefully this season makes him a better kicker, and someone we can count on in the future......we have too many other holes on this team to worry about....
the kicking game has been horrible this year for the giants - shanks, blocked punts, out of bounds kickoffs, bottom of the league return stats.
I was with friends at a bar and when he shanked the opening kick I just laughed and said “your 2017 NYGs, folks.”
Janikowski was doing the same thing early on....I wouldn't give up on him, yet.
Wing has also been poor.
Not even sure about that. The net punting average is more about coverage lapses and punting from the opponent 45 yard line and downing it inside the 20, etc. How many Giants drives stalled at the 45-35 yard line when McAdoo wouldn't kick a field goal.
Yes he had two bad punts that likely cost a game or two.
I wonder what Ali Haji-Sheikh is doing ?
The season has been such a mess that no one has noticed or really cared - but had we been competitive this year, there's a good chance this guy could have really cost us.
I'm not sure we've found our guy here at all.
I literally just laughed because I didn't want to cry in front of my son...
The season has been such a mess that no one has noticed or really cared - but had we been competitive this year, there's a good chance this guy could have really cost us.
I'm not sure we've found our guy here at all.
Meh, doubting a rookie kicker pre-season. I didn't mind going with a young guy with a strong leg and seemingly accurate. I still don't mind keeping him through camp next year. Let's really see what he's got. Kickers are fluky..
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a new punter just as much.
Not even sure about that. The net punting average is more about coverage lapses and punting from the opponent 45 yard line and downing it inside the 20, etc. How many Giants drives stalled at the 45-35 yard line when McAdoo wouldn't kick a field goal.
Yes he had two bad punts that likely cost a game or two.
I don’t agree at all. He’s been bad all year long. There’s no situational excuses. They’ve needed a big leg to build better field position battles and he’s come up short more often than not.
Like Brad Daluiso. Otherwise, fuck off.
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I posted a thread about him before the season started and said I had some concerns about him. It was mostly shot down and rebuffed.
The season has been such a mess that no one has noticed or really cared - but had we been competitive this year, there's a good chance this guy could have really cost us.
I'm not sure we've found our guy here at all.
Meh, doubting a rookie kicker pre-season. I didn't mind going with a young guy with a strong leg and seemingly accurate. I still don't mind keeping him through camp next year. Let's really see what he's got. Kickers are fluky..
I wasn't against the idea of giving him a chance, I was just skeptical about how he'd do and if he'd cost us during the season.
The team wound up being so bad that he hasn't been able to be the reason we lose games. I'm also not saying I'd give up on him right away.
But I think the concerns turned out to be at least semi-validated if anything.
I wonder what Ali Haji-Sheikh is doing ?
If this team were 1/2 competitive this season, he would have already been cut because it is very likely he would have been costing them games and the team would have been forced to act.
No kickers get jobs who only make 66% of their kicks and have several kickoffs go out of bounds. That sends you right to the unemployment line.
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I wasn't against the idea of giving him a chance, I was just skeptical about how he'd do and if he'd cost us during the season.
The team wound up being so bad that he hasn't been able to be the reason we lose games. I'm also not saying I'd give up on him right away.
But I think the concerns turned out to be at least semi-validated if anything.
Ok, I can agree with your reasoning for being skeptical, but who wouldn't have some doubts about a small college kicker? Just you never know until the poop hits the fan. I still think he will turn out ok down the road. He just has a technique problem. His misses aren't wildly bad - just pushes it or doesn't get it to hook enough. They are close misses and not sprayed all over. I think he needs to start it inside the uprights.
No where did any scouting report talk about this kid like that.
And our coach, who talks about great practices....who have to really start wondering about this guy.
I've been working for two of the largest healthcare manufacturers. He's like the sales manager or marketing manager who has a buddy who got him promoted. When everything is good he's fine. When he needs to actually do his job he's lost and just says things that sound good but mean nothing or really don't address the problems that r have any depth
I'm not sure he was a even a good OC He's obviously in way over his head and doesn't have any control of he team
He'll probably be in camp.
But he has AVERAGE written all over him.
And every game I saw him punt, he'd muff one....every game. But we kept hearing how good he was in practice.
Some guys simply can't do it on center stage.
This kicker looks that part.
Because he wasn't very good with the Giants?
the way our team is structured you can't miss 34 yarders
and kick out of bounds that like set the tone of the game .
And our record's so bad his adding to the total by missing is lost in the mix.
EVERYBODY on the roster, sidelines, IR, FO, and anywhere else has contributed.
Rudder- less ship.