Can we find a new kicker?

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  1. Poeman

    Poeman Well-Known Member

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    The current one we have is a special kind of suck. Anything good out there in the market?
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I think most of them have been on the Jets already. Like really.
     
  3. mrjet80

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    I doubt there’s any kicker out there at this point in the season that will be any better. He has a strong leg - the 55 yarder hit halfway up the upright….he hit a 55 yarder in Denver that was ruined by a penalty.

    That being said I have advocated for JD to take a chance and draft one - 6th round or later. He seemed to hit with Mann. I was hoping for Blankenship a couple years ago. The difference between an ok kicker and a dependable one can easily be the difference between the playoffs and staying home….especially in today’s NFL where a kicker is expected to hit a 50+ yarder with ease. Not like when I was a kid ……
     
  4. Poeman

    Poeman Well-Known Member

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    For real especially with PATs being pushed back further. So many awful kickers out there these days
     
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    Draft this beast.
     
  6. mrjet80

    mrjet80 Well-Known Member

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    I can remember Pat Leahy not connecting on a 50 yard FG until his 11th season! ….. Just to show how far the kicking game has come over the past 25-30 years ……
     
  7. papapump

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    We tend not to value the position at all.
     
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    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    I could give it a crack if you guys want. Can’t be much worse.
     
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    Don't care about this season, should bring someone in for a workout though.

    Let's see who's available in FA and give them a decent pay day (we have the room). If not let's draft one.

    Young and developing teams that want to be competitive will need to rely on kickers to win games every now and again.



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    Why did we let Nick Folk walk again?
     
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    We can look for a new one all we want. Finding one, though? Doubtful. This is the Jets, after all.
     
  12. REVISion

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    We had one but Mac let him go.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    We're chasing Amy for 50 years. We couldn't even be the good Kevin Smith movie.
     
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    #14 JackBower, Nov 23, 2021
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    Kessman to P squad
     
  16. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    I’d be fine with the rookie kicker thing if we brought a bunch of em in and made them compete. Nothing teaches a dude to play under pressure like trying to figure out where their next paycheck comes from.

    It feels like we bring one weak-legged loser in a year and hand them the keys.
     
  17. IDFjet

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    You guys are brutal--Amendola is the best young kicker we've had in years--everyone's going to miss some before they turn into a star--remember his punting game?

    The issue is everyone's gotta do perfect or we lose so we get down on guys who later we regret that we let go.
     
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    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    He’s statistically the second to worst kicker in the league percentage wise and is ahead of only Mason Crosby who has been downright horrible.
     
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    Ya--but he's only played 10 total games in his career. If one takes out his 0-3 50 yds+ outcome, he's 11/13 having not missed inside 40 with 1 missed xp.

    I'd be interested to know his touchback KO % and average opposing team yardline after KO. We watch a lot of football and I think you'd agree he's somewhere near average in these categories but seeing the stats would be nice.

    I see they brought in a PS K so apparently the FO doesn't value him which I think is BS. He's a net positive with a high bar future IMO.

    EDIT: I just found it--he's 26/40 in touchbacks. Tucker is 34/54.
    https://www.footballdb.com/statistics/nfl/player-stats/kickoffs/2021/regular-season

    Returns are 14/271 = 19.3 yards per return
     
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  20. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    Fair but we’ve also been in position to kick low 50 yard field goals several times and have opted to punt. That tells me he’s struggling with that. I was considering that he has a low amount of attempts and has been true on a low amount of XP’s attempted but still.
     
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