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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| SkinsJock wrote: | | I liked Gano's leg but he made me a lot more unsure about making FGs than Billy Cundiff |
I might have said the same thing before the Tampa game. 
Also, I never woried about distance with Gano, like I do with Cundiff. With Gano, it was right or left, with Cundiff, it's right or left and maybe short too.  |
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markshark84
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Deadskins wrote: | | SkinsJock wrote: | | I liked Gano's leg but he made me a lot more unsure about making FGs than Billy Cundiff |
I might have said the same thing before the Tampa game.
Also, I never woried about distance with Gano, like I do with Cundiff. With Gano, it was right or left, with Cundiff, it's right or left and maybe short too. |
Agree. Cundiff is just not a very good kicker. If he had another 10 yards on his leg, he would be ok, but he doesn't. Those misses were pitiful -- especially the 30 yarder and the 50 which was 10 yards short.
I have said it once and will continue to do so: a kicker generally makes or breaks 2-3 games a season. A top kicker is extremely important. I would kill for a guy like Barth from TB. |
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SkinsJock
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| skinsfan#33 wrote: | SJ
Even you can't believe the scat you're dropping here!
Before every kick on Sunday I said out lot that I thought that Cundiff was going to miss it. I DVRd the game and didn't even watch the 57 yarder before the half (actually at the time I thought it was 50 - 50 or 57 it doesn't matter to Cundiff he mises them all).
I count the 57 yarder and the 62 yarder against Shanny, not Cundiff (but he still kicked them so they do count). Those are automatic misses for Cundiff. But he missed two really easy kicks, that had he made them the game would have played out way different.
Cundiff has missed 4 big kicks already for the Skins! With a D as porous as our D, EVERY kick is a really big kick!
Gano made plenty of big kicks! Cundiff has four games under his belt for the Skins and is 6 for 10. That is a failing grade, especially in an NFL where the rest of the kickers are hitting 90% of their kicks. Gano's last four with the Skins he went 10 for 11 (91%). You have to go back seven games to get to 4 misses for Gano. In those seven he was 16 of 20 (80%). It took him TWICE a many kicks to miss as many as Cundiff.
Gano had four kicks over 50 yards last year, about what Cundiff has had his entire career!
Cundiff has one Pro-bowl, but he also had two full seasons and the larger part of another where he was unemployed!
I'm not saying Gano is a good kicker, he is just much better than Cundiff! And yes, I would feel much more confident in Gano kicking a game winner than Cundiff (and every kick in the NFL is a potential game winner - it doesn't matter of there is 50 seconds or 50 minutes left in a game - THEY ALL COUNT 3 POINTS!) |
"even you" - thanks a lot - up yours too 
i'm only pointing out the obvious - Gano had his shot and then they brought in Rackers to see if that would liven him up
I believe they could not have been very happy to have to bring in Cundiff
given all that you've pointed out
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as someone else posted - teams rarely change kickers unless the guy you have sucks - these guys brought in Cundiff
that's fine with me - Gano did not have anything but a great leg - he did not make me feel that he was a great kicker
Cundiff may not be any good either but he's showing me that he's better than super leg Gano
now, if this kid has lost his confidence and is not cutting it with Danny and Mike we would see a bunch of kickers here 
waiting .....
maybe Cundiff is the best option right now ......  |
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skinsfan#33
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| SkinsJock wrote: | | skinsfan#33 wrote: | SJ
Even you can't believe the scat you're dropping here!
Before every kick on Sunday I said out lot that I thought that Cundiff was going to miss it. I DVRd the game and didn't even watch the 57 yarder before the half (actually at the time I thought it was 50 - 50 or 57 it doesn't matter to Cundiff he mises them all).
I count the 57 yarder and the 62 yarder against Shanny, not Cundiff (but he still kicked them so they do count). Those are automatic misses for Cundiff. But he missed two really easy kicks, that had he made them the game would have played out way different.
Cundiff has missed 4 big kicks already for the Skins! With a D as porous as our D, EVERY kick is a really big kick!
Gano made plenty of big kicks! Cundiff has four games under his belt for the Skins and is 6 for 10. That is a failing grade, especially in an NFL where the rest of the kickers are hitting 90% of their kicks. Gano's last four with the Skins he went 10 for 11 (91%). You have to go back seven games to get to 4 misses for Gano. In those seven he was 16 of 20 (80%). It took him TWICE a many kicks to miss as many as Cundiff.
Gano had four kicks over 50 yards last year, about what Cundiff has had his entire career!
Cundiff has one Pro-bowl, but he also had two full seasons and the larger part of another where he was unemployed!
I'm not saying Gano is a good kicker, he is just much better than Cundiff! And yes, I would feel much more confident in Gano kicking a game winner than Cundiff (and every kick in the NFL is a potential game winner - it doesn't matter of there is 50 seconds or 50 minutes left in a game - THEY ALL COUNT 3 POINTS!) |
"even you" - thanks a lot - up yours too
i'm only pointing out the obvious - Gano had his shot and then they brought in Rackers to see if that would liven him up
I believe they could not have been very happy to have to bring in Cundiff
given all that you've pointed out
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as someone else posted - teams rarely change kickers unless the guy you have sucks - these guys brought in Cundiff
that's fine with me - Gano did not have anything but a great leg - he did not make me feel that he was a great kicker
Cundiff may not be any good either but he's showing me that he's better than super leg Gano
now, if this kid has lost his confidence and is not cutting it with Danny and Mike we would see a bunch of kickers here
waiting .....
maybe Cundiff is the best option right now ...... |
Yep, you gotta love a kicker hitting 60% of his kicks
Even if you toss out the two kicks that MS should NEVER have allowed him to attempt (the 62 and 57 yarders - because I have as much of a chance of scoring with Jessica Alba as he did of making either of those kicks!) he would still be kicking at a 75% rate (or a normal year for him).
Of course if we're throwing out things out of a kicker's control, if you throw out the FIVE blocks that missed (out of the seven blocks Gano had - two of the seven were good) Gano was kicking last year at a 86% success rate. And he was stone cold reliable the last 5 games going 14 of 15 with his one miss getting blocked!
Now MS and DS told him none of his blocks were his fault, but if MS actually believed that Gano would still be here.
Cundiff kicks with more of a loft than Gano, which makes his kicks less likely to be blocked but it also means he just simply can't hit anything at distance and his kicks will be more influenced by wind.
I still say, even with the different launch angle Cundiff WILL have some kicks blocked this year, because i don't think out FG blocking team is fixed if the P blocking team is any indication.
I guess it all come down to preference. I prefer the better kicker, you prefer the current kicker. Going into the Saints game I was nervous every time Cundiff kicked, I am no longer nervous! I assume he is going to miss. If he actually makes it, that is a bonus! If the kick is over 45 I don’t even watch, I know it is going to be bad. I just fast to the other teams offensive snap.
That is kind of liberating. The Skins line up for a kick, I’m now considering it a seven yard loss and turn over on downs. If the kick some how goes through that is a bonus. |
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DarthMonk
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So glad we got a guy who's money in the bank on FGs inside 50.
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tribeofjudah
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
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Redskin in Canada
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not.
His personal confidence is very low. |
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crazyhorse1
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not.
His personal confidence is very low. |
No doubt he's gone. None. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not.
His personal confidence is very low. |
A big part of why Gano was cut... |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not. |
Why "unfortunately?" Would you rather he was not cut? |
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Red_One43
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| Deadskins wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not. |
Why "unfortunately?" Would you rather he was not cut? |
I would not be surprised that Shanahan comes out and says, Cundif showed guts to go out there and maked the 20 yarder. (sarcasm).
On a serious note, Shanny is in love with Cundif's kick offs. Almost the entire day, the Falcons started deep in their territory. I do get RiC's concern, but Shanny has got to make some kind of move. |
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SkinsJock
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Cundiff should be cut ... but
unless there is a kicker available that makes Mike feel better, Billy Cundiff is still the kicker |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Deadskins wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not. |
Why "unfortunately?" Would you rather he was not cut? |
Unfortunately because:
I had hoped that this kicker would finally work out at a position that has remained in trouble since the times of Mark Moseley and Chip Lohmiller.
That's why it IS unfortunate! |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Redskin in Canada wrote: | | Deadskins wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | | tribeofjudah wrote: | | I suspect that Cundiff is a GONER this week........ |
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if he is not. |
Why "unfortunately?" Would you rather he was not cut? |
Unfortunately because:
I had hoped that this kicker would finally work out at a position that has remained in trouble since the times of Mark Moseley and Chip Lohmiller.
That's why it IS unfortunate! |
That makes sense. I read your post as it would be unfortunate if Cundiff were to be cut. |
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DarthMonk
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We weren't good enough for a better kicker to matter and on top of things Cundiff is not better.
Gano has more upside.
Red may have been posting in jest but I do not discount the pride factor in Shanny not bringing back Gano.
As Deadman said, Gano was a little wide a few times but Cundiff is short beyond 45 and is waaaaaaaaay wide to boot ... so to speak. Gano never looked this bad.
Cue the Hogster??
Changing to someone not named Rackers was silly and no switch was really necessary anyway.
Having said all that I hope that, if Cundiff stays, he kicks like a pro-bowler.
Oh, and if anyone wants to argue how good Danny Smith is, have at it. Just stay away from "coaches around the league say ..."
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