Suisham = Momentum Killer

[SKINS73]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Agreed, looks like we just posted the same thing.

With all the kicker issues we've had in the last couple of years I am glad we have Suisham. Don't be surprised if we see the Vanderjagt FA thread soon.

[htownskinfan]

[ Don't be surprised if we see the Vanderjagt FA thread soon.[/QUOTE]

Hey!!I resent that
since i"m usually the one bringing up Vandy
I still dont see how bringing in the best kicker in nfl history for some competition for suisham is a bad thing

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

[ Don't be surprised if we see the Vanderjagt FA thread soon.

Hey!!I resent that
since i"m usually the one bringing up Vandy
I still dont see how bringing in the best kicker in nfl history for some competition for suisham is a bad thing[/QUOTE]

I'm actually in the same boat....I still can't belive that guy doesnt have a job right now

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

Hey!!I resent that
since i"m usually the one bringing up Vandy
I still dont see how bringing in the best kicker in nfl history for some competition for suisham is a bad thing

I would hardly call Vangerjagt the best kicker in history. He was a dome kicker his entire career before Dallas. Dome kickers don't even enter the discussion of greatest kicker ever IMO.

[wolfeskins]

please someone correct me if i'm wrong but didn't the sequence of plays goes as follows:
1- missed fg
2- 2nd int by landry
3- 3 & out by the skins o
4- go ahead td by the hawks

if thats right then the skins should have regained momentum on the interception but then lost it again because the offense went 3 and out

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

please someone correct me if i'm wrong but didn't the sequence of plays goes as follows:
1- missed fg
2- 2nd int by landry
3- 3 & out by the skins o
4- go ahead td by the hawks

if thats right then the skins should have regained momentum on the interception but then lost it again because the offense went 3 and out

yup. and that 3 and out started with a Samuels false start

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

yup. and that 3 and out started with a Samuels false start

thats what i thought, and people make it sound as if the hawks marched right down the field and scored the go ahead td right after the missed fg. they seem to forget there was a redskins defensive int and a skins 3 & out in between.

ps. i didn't know the kicking team could not advance the ball if they recovered it. that rule sucks

[jrocx69]

kicker is fine, offense just sucks and needs to be beefed up for 08. we need a LG and RT in the worst way, and i think jensen is going to be injury prone from here out. cant blame the kicker for a playoff team that cant punch it in from the 14 after having all the momentum our way.

[Takeuon]

Originally Posted by jrocx69

kicker is fine, offense just sucks and needs to be beefed up for 08. we need a LG and RT in the worst way, and i think jensen is going to be injury prone from here out. cant blame the kicker for a playoff team that cant punch it in from the 14 after having all the momentum our way.

Missing a 30 yarder in the playoffs is still unacceptable

[tdSKINS1]

Cooley dropped a pass that would have been a first down on the one and we could have punched it in. We shouldn't even of had the chance to kick one it should have been first down at the one. We choke so much. How can Cooley make a one handed grab, but can't make a routine catch in a clutch situation. Makes no sense..

[DGreene28]

Originally Posted by tdSKINS1

Cooley dropped a pass that would have been a first down on the one and we could have punched it in. We shouldn't even of had the chance to kick one it should have been first down at the one. We choke so much. How can Cooley make a one handed grab, but can't make a routine catch in a clutch situation. Makes no sense..

In Cooley's defense it was a low pass ... but I agree 75% of the time he makes that catch. We punch it in there a and go up by 8 in the fourth and we're talking Dallas today. We made a lot of mistakes in this game. Santana had 2 drive killing mistakes in the 1st half and our O-line looked awful

[NYCSkin]

I am a paraphrasing here...

"Mistakes in the playoffs become magnified due to the quality of you opponent..."

--Jimmy Johnson

Suisham and Folk may have similar numbers but Suisham does not inspire any confidence. Missing big kicks in the 4th quarter especially missing kicks <40 yards is unacceptable. Heck, Suisham said it himself.

The timing of that miss at that juncture was the seminal moment in this playoff game.

[firstdown]

Well while I agree that it was a big mistake we blew to many other thing to blame him for the loss.

[pdid5000]

I fell out of my chair after that missed kick, we needed that one.

[DynamiteRave]

I think that if we made the kick we still might have lost. But I don't blame him for the LOSS. But I do blame him for being a choke artist. High school kids, maybe even college kids can get away with missing a 30 yard field goal but man, 30 yards is basically a chip shot for a pro kicker. It's inexcusable to miss that.