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Originally Posted by htownskinfan
I like this idea the best if theyre going to change it.
If they did eliminate it it could only help the skins,they cant find a good kicker to save their ass.How many kickers have we had the past 20yrs?
Yeah Kia was great as a rookie and decent last yr but his kickoffs suck
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So after I posted this I googled it and found this article from 2012 and was not surprised by what I found:
If Billy Cundiff is gone from the Redskins by Sunday’s game, the team will ask a 19th employee to attempt a field goal since 1994. (Well, assuming the team attempts a field goal on Sunday. And assuming it isn’t taken by Graham Gano.)
We’ve been over this ground before — see this post from 2009, for example, when I included lots of photos of Redskins placekickers from the dismal past. The point is, Washington uses many kickers.
Just saying that “19″ number out loud makes it seem like ominous, but is it actually higher the number of kickers used by your average NFL team? Well, yes. By a lot.
In fact, no other team has used more than 13 field-goal kickers since 1994. Also, three-quarters of the league — 24 teams — have used nine or fewer kickers, less than half of Washington’s total if Cundiff goes. (Research via Pro Football Reference.)