Suisham Missed Field Goal

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by chrisl4064

So i take it then you will be releasing Folk then at the end of the season? It baffles me as to why a Dallas fan of all teams would tell Redskins fans that they released a kicker because of inconsistency when Dallas has been through kickers just as much as we have. Suisham has kicked game winners for us this year, has a good average and is doing just fine. He missed the kick againsed Dallas early in the game so the what if's are ridiculous to even mention. I also saw Suisham hit a returner that was running up the sideline and i was a little nervous he could take it to the house on us. The guy is doing just fine, our kickers and special teams should be the last areas to be looked at on the field right now.

i have to respectfully disagree with you here. suisham needs to improve on the distance of his kickoffs and needs to be more consistent 45 yds and longer. coach gibbs decided not to bring in any competition for punters and kickers this pre-season which i thought was a mistake (i also thought they should have nabbed mason crosby late in the draft but oh well).

two things that give me concern about shazaam:
1) he needs to kick the ball farther than the the 10 yard line on kickoffs. for an nfl kicker that is inexcusable. he started the season off well but now almost every kickoff lands on the 10. we need the occasional touchback.
2) he is very inconsistent from 50 yards and out. i thought this thread was going to talk about why coach gibbs thought he could even make a 51 yarder. he misses it like we knew he would and dallas gets great field position.

im not sure if it was last year or the year before when we carried an extra kicker just for kickoffs and coach gibbs would go for it on 4th n short instead of lining up for a 50 + field goal attempt. he should employ that same tactit again in my opinion.

go skins!