Who is your favorite Giants kicker of all time

Even though I never actually saw him kick. But loved him as an announcer.

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Ben Agajanian in ‘56..My favorite is split between Bahr and Tynes. It’s about coming through in the biggest of moments for me, though Summerall’s 49 yarder in the snow (some have said it was longer) was as big as they come

OT FG in GB sealed it.

To two Super Bowls. I know the second kick was easier, but there was an issue on the snap if I recall correctly. What’s even more awesome, is that he’s still this huge Giants fan and is very vocal about it.

Legendary Giant IMO.

and not for any other reason that he was the giants kicker through most of my early fandom

Cool name.

Actually can’t pick one: Summerall,Gogolak, Bahr, and Tynes are all up there for me.

Back in the day I thought of him as the Mariano Rivera of kickers. I don't think he ever missed a big kick for the Giants. If fact he seemed to add 10 yards or so to his range in a game situation. Its true that Tynes made two huge kicks in the playoffs. Not to take anything away from him, but his FG's were always an adventure. When Bahr came in it felt like a certainty that the ball was going to split the uprights.

In comment 15402775 Joe Beckwith said:

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Cool name. Actually can’t pick one: Summerall,Gogolak, Bahr, and Tynes are all up there for me.

Didn't John Madden call him Ali Haji Shank ?

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Who do you think you are, Björn Nittmo? - ( New Window )

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In comment 15402786 Ron from Ninerland said:

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In comment 15402775 Joe Beckwith said: Quote: Cool name. Actually can’t pick one: Summerall,Gogolak, Bahr, and Tynes are all up there for me. Didn't John Madden call him Ali Haji Shank ?

Probably.
He wasn’t one of the better kickers in Giants history.

did both (punt, place kick) well

In comment 15402800 Alan W said:

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did both (punt, place kick) well

True.

1 for 15 in 1965"………seriously though, I loved following Brad Daluiso from KOspecialist to reliable PK.

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... I'm convinced that there are times he felt he was really gonna be the guy to make the tackle.

Matt Bahr.

difficult and important kicks for giants. The one against the Browns in the snow remains a football legend. He was also a nice man.

No two ways about it. As a football player myself (Soccer), he has ice and clutch running through his veins. His brother was a fine kicker in the league (Chris), and his dad (Walter) was on the 1950 U.S. Soccer team that beat England in the World Cup. He also considered himself a player, and not just a kicker (see video below in which he makes the most clutch kick in franchise history).


Matt Bahr Game Winning Field Goal 1990 NFC Championship - ( New Window )

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Kicking that field goal in Green Bay in zero degrees after missing in regulation? Fucking awesome. What a great game.

and i thought he was washed up when we got him

both were excellent kickers and had such an amazing impact on this franchise. I can’t choose between the two of them.

Tynes. Love him trashing Engram on Twitter, as well For all the BBI sensitive/Star Trek III types that think it's a low blow for a former player to do this to a current one, good, makes him even more of a bad ass.

Oh yeah, those two (2007, 2011) NFC Championship game kicks finish the debate for me. Hero. Put out the catalog.

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But I give Ali Haji Shiek 3rd. Won a Super Bowl ring on the 1986 team, and we met him tailgating at Giants Stadium in the late 1980s. Good guy, was wearing his SB ring too. I still have the pic somewhere

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This.

Initially, he was just a big leg. He was mastering the nuances when he tore up his knee trying to tackle Deion on a game-ending play that didn't count.

Nittmo and Ali Haji Sheikh

Tynes.

but, I'd have to go with Joey D by a nose.

I guess Tynes. My first kicker was Brad Daluiso and then there was a revolving door of like Owen Pochman, Morten Andersen, Brett Conway, etc.

I mean he lasted like 15 years with the Falcons



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Tynes, Pete Gogolak

Don Chandler

Matt Bahr was my first thought.
But, I like Tynes as well.

Only because I have his game jersey.

Easily

only because he seemed like the only Giant that wasn't awful when I first became a fan.

...I LOVED seeing someone with my sh!tty body type running downfield and making tackles - Bahr would go full bore after return men, was freakin hilarious watching him get rag dolled, get up and do the same exact thing on the next kickoff. He was GREAT.

Danelo - fun nostalgic choice, but he simply wasn't a very good kicker. And FWIW, during his era, Brad Van Pelt, Dave Jennings, Harry Carson were the only Pro Bowlers on the team in general.

First soccer style kicker in the NFL. His signing by the Giants from Buffalo Bills ignited the process that led to the NFL/AFL Merger. He grew up in Ogdensburg NY and kicked in the Northern League where I played (sparingly).

Tynes career FG% is 83.6, Bahr is only 75.3.

Bahr is most (and correctly so) for his 5FG performance in the 1990 NFCCG, but I think that skews fans perception of him. The Giants have had more accurate kickers than Bahr since.

Matt Bryant was an 80% FG kicker, Jay Feely 84% and Aldrick Rosas and Graham Gano are both above 90%.

Kickers in general continue to be more accurate over time (hence the move of making PATs at 35-yards)

everybody else is a rung down in the all-time ladder.

Although I will always remember the Sheikh who had a great rookie year way back in early 80s and then got hurt and was never the same. I think he set a record for FGs that season.

He and Dave Jennings were our only offense for so many years. And JD kicked the winning FG in OT to beat the Cowboys and send us to the payoffs in 1981.

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