Graham Gano has to Go !!

[Coff]

Originally Posted by tc2deuce

the kid really hit the game winning 53 yd Fg against the texans.....keep him on!

Exactly. This is very easy to forget. In addition to that, he had a FG taken off the board this year when the Skins benefitted from a penalty. So his performance is much better than his stats indicate, particularly when you consider the snap-and-hold problems the Skins have had all year.

Regardless, this thread is as stupid as it is predictable. Every time a kicker misses an important field goal, you can rest assured that there will be a thread promoting his immediate termination from the team, with the underlying assumption that there's a reservoir of countless perfect kickers out there just waiting for a team to pick them up.

No one should make a comment that a kicker should be cut without suggesting who should take his place.

[Chico23231]

Gano has been good on kickoffs. Pretty average with kicking field goals. Clutch kicking has been shaky. Id say we could improve this position, but there is noone out there worth grabbing now. Stick with him this season, coach him up and see if it improves.

[PWNED]

in my opinion the LS has been pushing the snaps left each time and it's been hard for a holder, even as experienced as hunter, to corral them bad boys.

[Gmanc711]

I mean, I don' think Gano has been great by any stretch...but on one of those misses (maybe two) the kick was blocked... Overall, I still feel alot more comfortable with him than Suisham... could the position be upgraded? Sure... but until he misses a close field goal that costs us a game, or a number of long ones that do... I'm thinking he's our best bet.

[vallin21]

Remeber Gano played in some rough wind yesterday, not excusing the miss, but he didn't shank it. Had there not been any wind it wouldve went in and we win 20-14 and there's no thread. A win is a win no matter how you look at it.

[aceinthehouse]

Getting rid of Gano,would be catastrophically stupid!
Thank god we have Shanny making the decisions and not Warpath GM's.

Do we really want a David Akers part deux?
I didn't think so...

[MTK]

He's got a good leg and is pretty young, I would ride him out for the rest of the year at least. Not really any better options out there, just ask the Saints.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

just ask the Saints.

Or Chargers.

[BleedBurgundy]

I say keep him. I like that he can line up from > 45 yds and I don't have this feeling of "no way in hell he makes this kick" like i did with Squeez'em.

[ethat001]

Gano feels 'confident'

With Sunday's failed attempt in the fourth quarter, place kicker Graham Gano has missed field goals in three straight games. However, Gano said he feels like he's kicking the ball better than ever.

"I think I'm more confident leaving this game than I have been," said Gano.

Gano nailed a 46-yarder in the second quarter and is 13 of 18 on the season. "I don't think I've hit a ball that well this season," Gano said. "I just think I keep getting better and better."

But the field goal the Redskins really needed came in the fourth quarter. Washington led by only three points and Gano could've given them a bit of breathing room. He trotted on the field for a 37-yarder and felt pretty good as the ball flew off his foot.

"I hit it awesome," he said. "I hit it right off my foot. I thought, 'Oh, that's a good kick.' It was going right down the middle. The wind just took it and pushed it to the upright."

It hit the left upright square, in fact, and fell to the ground. Wind was a factor all game. The official game summary noted that the wind was blowing 11 mph to the southwest, though that changed many times over the course of the afternoon.

washingtonpost.com

I agree, Gano is still the guy - at least for now. By all reports it was windy, and he's made 49 and 52 yarders (his first attempt) in the past. I like his confidence - I think that's almost as important as skill as a kicker. You've got to be able to take 100,000 eyes on you and fifty-two 300 pound men scowling at you in the locker room if you miss.

After all, he "hit it awesome".

[hooskins]

I dont know if it was going right down the middle. It looked more like it was going to squeeze by the left upright and the lack of wind calculation pushed it to hit the upright.

Nevertheless, still the best option we have. Give him the full year. I also have him on my fantasy squad, so I don't really feel like spending time finding another kicker this week.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Graham Gano has to be replaced --

The guy is 13 for 17 and among the worst in the league in terms of accuracy. He missed one from 37 yards out today that we could have really used. He missed a kick that could have won the game against Green Bay and he missed 2 in the game against Houston, one of which would have won the game in OT.

In my opinion, we need to look at picking up a kicker and releasing this guy because he is the opposite of clutch and I don't trust him with the game on the line.

edit: in the offseason -- I would agree that there aren't a whole lot of options to choose from

Terrible thread. Who are you going to bring in here that is any better? If you saw the miss yesterday the wind was really howling and it seemed to push the ball over to the left. And the GB miss was over 50 yards but he came back to win the game. So tired of knee jerk fans like you.

[horse]

This is one of those things were he could be better, but who are we gonna get to replace him?

[aceinthehouse]

How many games has this guy played here? 8 maybe 9?
Can we at least give the guy a full season,before cutting him please?

We got rid of Akers and look how his career turned out?
Ask Cowboy fans how they feel about cutting the young Nick Folk,who's now 13/15 on the 5-1 Jets)?
How did the saints do,when they replaced Hartley for 1 game? Didn't work out...luckily for them,he wasn't cut,as he too would have been scooped up and gone!

The only game where you can actually blame him for the Loss,is the texans game in the 30-27 OT loss. And he originally MADE THE KICK from 52 yards. Only to be iced...

I don't know..maybe give the guy a full freakin' season,before cutting him maybe?
He's made big kicks in the G.B. game
Eagles game
Colts game
and the winner for the bears game...

Way too fickle guys...way too fickle...

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by aceinthehouse

How many games has this guy played here? 8 maybe 9?
Can we at least give the guy a full season,before cutting him please?

We got rid of Akers and look how his career turned out?
Ask Cowboy fans how they feel about cutting the young Nick Folk,who's now 13/15 on the 5-1 Jets)?
How did the saints do,when they replaced Hartley for 1 game? Didn't work out...luckily for them,he wasn't cut,as he too would have been scooped up and gone!

The only game where you can actually blame him for the Loss,is the texans game in the 30-27 OT loss. And he originally MADE THE KICK from 52 yards. Only to be iced...

I don't know..maybe give the guy a full freakin' season,before cutting him maybe?
He's made big kicks in the G.B. game
Eagles game
Colts game
and the winner for the bears game...

Way too fickle guys...way too fickle...

I totally agree. Gano is the most talented young kicker we've had since Chip Lohmiller, whom I recall lost games with big kicks as a rookie. I say ride out his growing pains, and we just might be rewarded with years of solid kicking. He's certainly the best that we've had on kickoffs in years. Don't forget the long kick he made at the end of the Dallas game. People act as if he's choking on every clutch kick, and that is certainly not the case.