Zuerlein

I remember thinking one of the kicks was low and that was why it was blocked. I remember Fisher saying they should have had a taller player blocking on one of the blocks.

I think he got his swing/kick messed up. Outdoors he appears to overcompensate for conditions and/or change his swing/kick. I don’t think he aims for the center of the target, sometimes. I am don’t know for sure what is hurting him. I do know he was injured. Anyway that is just how things look to me.

For someone who made his first 15 kicks, this constant slide in quality is annoying.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/field-goal-percentage-30-to-39?season_id=12

Looks like their are a million stats at this site.

That makes me think he was hurt last year.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by Agamemnon.

I dont give legatron any slack for missing 52 yarders.
If you are gonna be a legatron you have to make 52 yarders.

54, 55, I give him some slack. But 52? Gotta make those.

Thats my arbitrary cut-off — 52 yards. I expect my kicker
to make everything from 52 and under.

w
v

zn wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

That makes me think he was hurt last year.

He was hurt last year.

But when you say “that” makes you think he was hurt, what is “that”? Ie. what made you think that.

66%, that is just a horrible stat for a kicker. If he wasn’t hurt, he should have been cut. That is almost a Foles meltdown. imo

66% is what an average kicker can make from the 51-52 yard line.

Were you around when Jim Bakken was kicking for the Big Red? People called Wilkins “Money”, Bakken was the real “Money”. Now, Wilkins was good and the best I have seen at an onside kick, but when the Big Red lined up for a FG, it was “Game Over”.

Jim Bakken

Jim Bakken was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He quickly displayed his all-around physical talents as he became an all-state high school player in football, basketball and baseball. Bakken played for the hometown University of Wisconsin Badgers as both a place kicker and punter. He was originally signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 1962, signing with the St. Louis Cardinals the following year, playing 17 years with the Big Red.

He quickly earned the nickname “Bags” by his Cardinal teammates, knowing his kicks were money in the bank when the game was on the line. When he retired in 1979 holding the teams record with 282 field goals and 534 extra points. He named to NFL Pro Bowls in 1965, 1967, 1975, and 1976. Most impressively, he was named the NFL’s All-Decade kicker for both the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Josh Brown was good, except when he was a Ram. 😉

Agamemnon wrote:

Were you around when Jim Bakken was kicking for the Big Red? People called Wilkins “Money”, Bakken was the real “Money”. Now, Wilkins was good and the best I have seen at an onside kick, but when the Big Red lined up for a FG, it was “Game Over”.

Yes he was money. I can still hear Bob Starr now.