Scoot over Jon Hall, bring in Tyler Jones.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

You ignored my question. When was the last time that he has cost us a game other than the Viking's game?

Don't forget the fact that he's a starting kicker that is expected to play for his money...he missed weeks 2-8 last year.

Last year we lost in week 5 to Denver by 2 points with a backup kicker we scraped up WHO MISSED A FIELD GOAL.

Also last year in Week 12 we lost in overtime to San Diego. We would've won in regulation time if Hall had not missed a FG with 1:04 left in the game!

In 2004, Hall missed weeks 6-11 AND 15-17. That's 8 games missed. He also had a horrible 72% FG success rate.

In Week 16, with our starting kicker absent again, Jeff Chandler missed a FG and we lost by 3 to Dallas. True again, Hall didn't miss the kick himself, but he should've been on the field since he was getting paid. Kickers should not be hurt so much, it's a penalty if someone even runs into them by accident.

In 2003, Hall actually played every game! However, he missed a quarter of his kicks, 75% on FGs. You think it's not bad? He was 18th in the league in FG%...in the bottom half of all kickers.

Week 3, he missed TWO FGs and we lost by 3 to the Giants.

Week 11, missed a FG, we lost to the Panthers by 3.

Week 16, missed a FG, we lost to the Bears by 3.