Redskins Sign K Billy Cundiff, Release Gano

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by That Guy

akers and vinetari and stover stuck around forever. janikowski, anderson... some kickers are just good.

Well I mean there are a few guys that stick around and have long sucessful careers but what what I've seen kickers can fall from grace pretty quickly. Take Mike Vanderjagt for instance. He was one of the best kickers in the league. Misses one field goal in the postseason (on top of a drunk comment on TV) and gets released. Tries out for Dallas and gets replaced near the end of the season. Never heard from again in the NFL.

And I mean not only did he fall from grace but his last year in the league was simply brutal.

Vanderjagt suffered a groin injury that kept him out of action for two weeks. He returned in the final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. In that game, he missed two field goals in overtime of 32 and 33 yards (both misses were wide right), forcing the game to end in a tie. Rumors quickly spread that Vanderjagt would be released by the Cowboys before the regular season began. However, he remained with the team. He was replaced by back-up kicker Shaun Suisham in the first game of the season against Jacksonville, but appeared in each of the Cowboys' subsequent games through Week 12. In Week 9, his potential game-winning field goal was blocked by the Washington Redskins as time expired. In Week 11 against his former team, the Colts, he missed his only two field goal attempts, (both of these misses were also wide right) making it the first time since 2001 since he had done so. The fans were so upset, they booed a commercial he appeared in on stadium monitors. On November 27, 2006, Vanderjagt was released by the Cowboys and replaced by Martín Gramática.
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But to reiterate yeah there are definitely a handful of quality kickers that stay on top for a good while. But for every Adam Vinitari it feels like there are 3 or 4 Neil Rackers.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Well I mean there are a few guys that stick around and have long sucessful careers but what what I've seen kickers can fall from grace pretty quickly. Take Mike Vanderjagt for instance. He was one of the best kickers in the league. Misses one field goal in the postseason (on top of a drunk comment on TV) and gets released. Tries out for Dallas and gets replaced near the end of the season. Never heard from again in the NFL.

And I mean not only did he fall from grace but his last year in the league was simply brutal.



But to reiterate yeah there are definitely a handful of quality kickers that stay on top for a good while. But for every Adam Vinitari it feels like there are 3 or 4 Neil Rackers.

Excellent post.

This is what scares me, we don't need a Tony Romo of a kicker. The consistency is good but the first time he misses a kick with the game on the line, we'll all be calling for his head.

[CultBrennan59]

Never new a kicker thread would get to 11 pages

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Never new a kicker thread would get to 11 pages

Uh 6 cool guy. Oh wait your one of those guys with a computer thats not 1337 enough to handle the memory that comes with more post per page. *cough* LOOSER *cough*

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Uh 6 cool guy. Oh wait your one of those guys with a computer thats not 1337 enough to handle the memory that comes with more post per page. *cough* LOOSER *cough*

I'm on page 4, old man.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

I'm on page 4, old man.

Achsually I r was just holding back. I haz whole forum on one page. lolololloolllloolllol. COME AT ME BRO> BRO COME AT ME!

[SFREDSKIN]

Cundiff=Suisham

Shanahan will find out real quick when Cundiff can't make 50 yard or longer FG which Gano could.

[Monkeydad]

Gano's development was stunted by the lack of a Red Snapper on the roster.

[los panda]

simple solution to our kicking situation:

i think cundiff stays as our extra point specialist
we sign rackers for field goals ≤ 49 yards
we sign gano for kickoffs + fgs > 49 yards

[MTK]

I can already see Cundiff is going to have no slack here eh?

Who says Gano would have made it? Or Rackers?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I can already see Cundiff is going to have no slack here eh?

Who says Gano would have made it? Or Rackers?

Gano and Rackers would have both made kicking backwards and launching the ball with the back heel of their weakside foot.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I can already see Cundiff is going to have no slack here eh?

Who says Gano would have made it? Or Rackers?

well, if Gano woulda had it blocked, we could have always blamed the Line, snapper, or danny smith. you cant win round here

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

well, if Gano woulda had it blocked, we could have always blamed the Line, snapper, or danny smith. you cant win round here

If it was their fault, yes. A shank is a shank. Gano had plenty of those with no fault but his own.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Who says Gano would have made it? Or Rackers?

Gano does. So does Rackers!! :cool-smil



Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding.

[That Guy]

cundiff did a lot better on kickoffs. so even if they end up tied in FG%, that's still a major difference.