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Originally Posted by AnonEmouse
Not sure you can blame him for the blocked kick, but the missed FG was well wide and not in a super pressure situation. He needs to get that out of his system else we'll be trying out kickers again.
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It was a 54-yarder. Those aren't automatic with any kicker in the league. We obviously picked him for leg strength and accuracy, and the missed kick had plenty of distance. He also made a 55-yarder in the game. If he starts missing more of these than making them, that's a real concern. But too small a sample size to conclude anything at this point. And as between our OL and secondary, Stevens is the least of our worries.
I wouldn't mind swapping in Rasul Douglas for Sainristil (or maybe even moving Sainristil to the slot where he's been better if you want to retain his ball-hawking skills). Robertson (who had a great game) and Douglas may be a better combo, and we will face better WRs and a better QB the Sunday than last Sunday (although a weaker running game). Something needs to be done.
I'd also consider swapping in Quan Martin for Reaves at least some of the time; I love Reaves, and using him in doses is OK, but he played 100% of the snaps and was a beat slow in coverage, I thought. Martin has had his issues, of course, but he seems to have turned a corner, and I'd at least want to see what we have there. It seems like he did well in limited usage on Sunday.
I don't know how we get improvement in the OL with our current personnel. Perhaps we see improvement by the mere fact that we're not playing the Eagles again anytime soon, as their DL remains one of the best. I sure hope so. Cosmi was a stud, and Conerly played well too. But outside of those guys....