Bengals @ WFT postgame thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by vallin21

I’ll pushback on Hopkins. He’s been inconsistent for us even when healthy. At the very least we should’ve brought in stronger competition the last few seasons. My problem is he’s missed a few clutch kicks; notably the OT kick in London against the Bengals. If he’s injured, he should be on IR, because we’ll be in some close games coming down the stretch this year.

I mean if your best example is a missed kick from 4 years ago that's not good enough for me.

And I'd be more concerned with him consistently missing clutch kicks if we fielded anything better than a dumpster fire team the last few years. I remember the days when we were trying out new kickers every week and guys like Graham Gano couldn't get a touchback on a kickoff to save their life, now we take that for granted every week.

I think if he's injured they should've put him on IR and done some tryouts, but it's too late for that already.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

I mean if your best example is a missed kick from 4 years ago that's not good enough for me.

And I'd be more concerned with him consistently missing clutch kicks if we fielded anything better than a dumpster fire team the last few years. I remember the days when we were trying out new kickers every week and guys like Graham Gano couldn't get a touchback on a kickoff to save their life, now we take that for granted every week.

I think if he's injured they should've put him on IR and done some tryouts, but it's too late for that already.

We don't need to go back 4 years. He's missed a kick in 7 out of 10 games this year including 2 which could have definitely changed the outcome of those games. I think he has the 2nd lowest kicking percentage in the league. He needs to go. The problem is, at this point, who the heck is out there that is going to be any better.

And this team is far from a dumpster fire...

[SFREDSKIN]

Washington had not beaten Cincinnati since 1991, I guess this is a good sign.

[PorkSkins]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Washington had not beaten Cincinnati since 1991, I guess this is a good sign.

Well, this was only the fifth time we've played them since 1991. We were 0-3-1 against the Bengals since '91 going into today's game.

[Chief X_Phackter]

They are trending up in my opinion. They are not a great team, but they have won 2 of the last 5 games, and those 3 losses were by a total of 7 points.They are real good against backup QBs and Carson Wentz.

They need to figure out how to start stronger. I think they are the only team in the league that has not scored on their 1st possession.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

We don't need to go back 4 years. He's missed a kick in 7 out of 10 games this year including 2 which could have definitely changed the outcome of those games. I think he has the 2nd lowest kicking percentage in the league. He needs to go. The problem is, at this point, who the heck is out there that is going to be any better.

And this team is far from a dumpster fire...

I'm not talking about the 2020 squad, I'm saying the last 4 years.

Feel free to shit on him for this year, but I'm really not sure how much blame to put on him for this year given the injury problem. Also we're not gonna pick up a quality replacement at this stage of the season, so just ride it out and bring in some competition in the offseason.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

I'm not talking about the 2020 squad, I'm saying the last 4 years.

Feel free to shit on him for this year, but I'm really not sure how much blame to put on him for this year given the injury problem. Also we're not gonna pick up a quality replacement at this stage of the season, so just ride it out and bring in some competition in the offseason.

Gotcha, and I agree about the replacement...it is what it is at this point.

I thought he got injured only like two-three weeks ago though.