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re: Legatron cut from Vikings
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:51 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:51 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Didn't he miss some easy kicks in preseason too?
NFL teams don't have time for that shite. That said, he couldn't have been more impressive at Auburn. I hope he gets it turned around.
He really has not been consistent since he has been there. Not sure what is up with him.
I believe he will land somewhere else but you just cant miss two easy kids in overtime.
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Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:52 pm to 12
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I don't what happens. I think it is a mental thing.
it's 100% mental. Most kicking issues are. Any guy that is invited to an NFL camp at that position has the ability to be a great kicker. Look at Blair Walsh from UGA. Dude was nails for 2 years in college, then his senior year he goes 21-35 on the year. Then he leads the NFL his rookie year in field goals made, fast forward a few years, and he forgets how to kick it through the uprights again.
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:52 pm to craigbiggio
quote:I'd have stuck with Carlson over aging, decrepit, slipping Dan Bailey
Bailey, who dealt with groin and back injuries over the last two years, missed five of his last 12 field goal attempts. He also had two extra-point misses in the final month of the season, the first of his career.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:53 pm to wertheimer
quote:A lot of it is mental.
The pressure must be incredibly intense at that level.
But also, you have faster guys around the end. Less time to kick the ball
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:54 pm to MykTide
The goal posts are also more narrow in the NFL, aren't they?
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:56 pm to JuiceTerry
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I'd have stuck with Carlson over aging, decrepit, slipping Dan Bailey
He's only 30. Last year was his worst year but he was hurt too.
Vikings are a Super Bowl contender and don't have time to wait for Carlson to get his shite together
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:56 pm to WG_Dawg
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hasn't quite been the same after the block in the SECCG
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:57 pm to MykTide
Maybe the best college kicker I've ever seen.
I was 100% sure he'd have a long pro career.
Glad him and JK Scott are gone from the West.
I was 100% sure he'd have a long pro career.
Glad him and JK Scott are gone from the West.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:00 pm to JuiceTerry
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over aging, decrepit, slipping Dan Bailey
He's only 30. Guys like Adam Vinatieri and Morten Andersen are kicking until they're eligible for social security
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:02 pm to RB10
quote:No. College and NFL goalposts have been the same for the last 20, maybe 25 years. Hashmarks are different, but they are narrower in the NFL, with the hashes lining up with the uprights, where in college they are outside the uprights.
The goal posts are also more narrow in the NFL, aren't they?
The NFL ball is slightly larger in both length and short and long circumferences. Inflation is the same. Not sure if the slightly larger ball makes a difference in where the foot has to contact the ball, or how it comes off or not.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:03 pm to PJinAtl
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The NFL ball is slightly larger in both length and short and long circumferences. Inflation is the same. Not sure if the slightly larger ball makes a difference in where the foot has to contact the ball, or how it comes off or not.
one would think ,based on shape, an NFL ball would be easier to kick than a college ball
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:13 pm to MykTide
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Vikings waive Carlson
I felt so bad for him yesterday but jeez. You gotta make those kicks in the NFL
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:14 pm to PJinAtl
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Inflation is the same
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:20 pm to texag7
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peaked in college
You really are a sad person
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:22 pm to AUTubaHerd
I think he will catch on, but as one coach said, kickers have to get cut at least once before they toughen up enough for the NFL. I also don't think the Minnesota coached helped by deriding him in the preseason. You gotta build up the confidence of kickers.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:36 pm to craigbiggio
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They are signing Bailey. It's not a bad move at all.
Yeah Bailey has something like a lifetime 88% success at FG in the NFL...heard he had turned down multiple offers before the Vikings nabbed him...
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:36 pm to MykTide
Speaking of kickers, JK Scott had a 52 yard average for Green Bay yesterday in 5 kicks.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:39 pm to MykTide
He had a terrible awful no-good day, to be sure, but think they might be jumping the gun a bit here.
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:40 pm to MykTide
Told y’all
Posted on 9/17/18 at 2:42 pm to lsufball19
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one would think ,based on shape, an NFL ball would be easier to kick than a college ball
Kicking is an art and a science. I was good friends with our starting HS kicker -- as a third string LB, I was in the same tier as a first string kicker -- and he showed me exactly how much it can be a game of millimeters.
That said, any kicker joining the NFL should spend all spring and summer practicing exclusively on an NFL ball before his rookie season.
Edit: Incidentally, I went to a smallish private school. We didn't actually have enough players to have a 3rd string, but there I was.
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 2:43 pm
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