Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=CA_Redskins;489467]Keep the kid! No props for the punt that landed inside the 5?

What the hell are we doing punting anyway? Geez, its not like our coverage would stop anybody half the time anyway.

Plus, I like the drama.[/quote]

Great, he landed one inside the 5. He's still got the worst net avg and distance, etc in the league. He's finished.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=RFKRat;489686]Great, he landed one inside the 5. He's still got the worst net avg and distance, etc in the league. He's finished.[/quote]

they are'nt cutting him,they are gonna place him on IR according to the redskins website.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=CA_Redskins;489467]Keep the kid! No props for the punt that landed inside the 5?

What the hell are we doing punting anyway? Geez, its not like our coverage would stop anybody half the time anyway.

Plus, I like the drama.[/quote]

If I'm correct the one inside the 5 was not a very good kick but had a very good bounce. There is no way to really judge the coverage when he is not even giving them a fair chance to get the coverage going down field.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

but you have try and not hit a 26 yard punt every third time.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=RMSkins;489347]I absolutely hated wasting a 6th round pick on Brooks, I thought he was outperformed by Frost in preseason and he shouldn't have even made the final 53. I am glad that Cerrato is realizing what a horrible mistake this was and cutting ties now.[/quote]

Agreed. Looks like he's officially been "released".

I think Frost got a bit of a bad rap here. I was fine with him as our punter. I feel like he got better as the year went on last year and was especially good in the Bears game. Hester ripped through every team last year and he did zero against us. Frost was a big reason for that.

Then we spend a 6th round pick on a new punter which I do think was a waste. Look what we got with Horton in the 7th round! Then from all accounts Frost outperforms in the preseason but we still cut him loose to save some face and back up Vinny's prized draft pick.

The whole thing was a mess. Glad it's over. Time to move on...

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

Frost is currently 26th in the league in net average.

Brooks was a bust, but it's not like we lost a gem in Frost. He's a dime a dozen type of punter.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=Mattyk72;490338]Brooks was a bust, but it's not like we lost a gem in Frost. He's a dime a dozen type of punter.[/quote]

Can't argue with this, I just hate wasting a draft pick on a punter.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

I hear ya, but the draft is such a crapshoot especially in the later rounds. You win some, you lose some.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=Mattyk72;490338]Frost is currently 26th in the league in net average.

Brooks was a bust, but it's not like we lost a gem in Frost. He's a dime a dozen type of punter.[/quote]

How can you say someone is a bust when they've only played a few games? I could understand if he'd been around for a few years and had constantly been inconsistent but rookie inconsistency can be (or at least should be) ironed out before the end of the season.

Should we continue to waste time on him instead of bringing in at least a proven consistent punter? No. But I think it's a bit rash to throw a bust sign around his neck so soon.

But I don't really care whether or not we release him. Hell he's just a punter, he doesn't make or break games (unless you kick a 26 yard punt...)

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

Did anyone see who Dallas brought in to punt now that McBriar is done for the year? It would be galling if Brooks landed there and FINALLY learned to be consistent. It wouldn't surprise me if he was on their short list since the best performance of his brief Redskins career was the game at Dallas.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=DynamiteRave;490348]How can you say someone is a bust when they've only played a few games? I could understand if he'd been around for a few years and had constantly been inconsistent but rookie inconsistency can be (or at least should be) ironed out before the end of the season.

Should we continue to waste time on him instead of bringing in at least a proven consistent punter? No. But I think it's a bit rash to throw a bust sign around his neck so soon.

But I don't really care whether or not we release him. Hell he's just a punter, he doesn't make or break games (unless you kick a 26 yard punt...)[/quote]

Let me clarify, he was a bust to this point.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=SouperMeister;490879]Did anyone see who Dallas brought in to punt now that McBriar is done for the year? It would be galling if Brooks landed there and FINALLY learned to be consistent. It wouldn't surprise me if he was on their short list since the best performance of his brief Redskins career was the game at Dallas.[/quote]

We placed him on injured/waivers which means if he clears waivers(he might have already) then we can IR him. Effectively tying him up. But seriously no one is going to want this guy mid-season anyways. He'll certainly get a shot in training camp next year but no one is going bring him in now and expect him to be magically better at punting in the NFL. Hell dallas can have him. I'll take the risk that he ends up figuring it out since there's a far better chance he'll just stink for them like he did for us.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

[quote=SouperMeister;490879]Did anyone see who Dallas brought in to punt now that McBriar is done for the year? [B]It would be galling if Brooks landed there and FINALLY learned to be consistent[/B]. It wouldn't surprise me if he was on their short list since the best performance of his brief Redskins career was the game at Dallas.[/quote]

After 6 games the light is going to suddenly turn on for him? I doubt it. I think he'll get some looks next year in camp, but for this year he's probably going to be sitting home.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

The new punter was no better than Brooks. Hopefully he'll improve from the performance in the Browns game. I was ready the blame the missed field goal on his hold, but somebody said the snap was high, the holder got it down and in position, but it was just a bad kick.

Re: The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread
 

You must not have watched the game. Plackemeier's punts looked a TON better than Brooks'. They had height and distance, two things that Brooks seemed to have left in college. Also, 2 punts inside the 20 and a touchback too. No 26-yard shanks that go out at mid-field. He kicked one 48 yards. His career average is 42.1 yards, a very respectable stat. Brooks' average so far was 39 per.

He may have had a role in that bad FG with his hold, but that was something that Brooks was consistently horrible at. Any improvement will help and I'm sure Plack will get comfortable with the new center he's working with.

BIG improvement so far, but then again it was tough to be as bad as Brooks was.