SkinsJock wrote:skinsfan#33 wrote:SJ
Even you can't believe the scat you're dropping here!
Before every kick on Sunday I said out lot that I thought that Cundiff was going to miss it. I DVRd the game and didn't even watch the 57 yarder before the half (actually at the time I thought it was 50 - 50 or 57 it doesn't matter to Cundiff he mises them all).
I count the 57 yarder and the 62 yarder against Shanny, not Cundiff (but he still kicked them so they do count). Those are automatic misses for Cundiff. But he missed two really easy kicks, that had he made them the game would have played out way different.
Cundiff has missed 4 big kicks already for the Skins! With a D as porous as our D, EVERY kick is a really big kick!
Gano made plenty of big kicks! Cundiff has four games under his belt for the Skins and is 6 for 10. That is a failing grade, especially in an NFL where the rest of the kickers are hitting 90% of their kicks. Gano's last four with the Skins he went 10 for 11 (91%). You have to go back seven games to get to 4 misses for Gano. In those seven he was 16 of 20 (80%). It took him TWICE a many kicks to miss as many as Cundiff.
Gano had four kicks over 50 yards last year, about what Cundiff has had his entire career!
Cundiff has one Pro-bowl, but he also had two full seasons and the larger part of another where he was unemployed!
I'm not saying Gano is a good kicker, he is just much better than Cundiff! And yes, I would feel much more confident in Gano kicking a game winner than Cundiff (and every kick in the NFL is a potential game winner - it doesn't matter of there is 50 seconds or 50 minutes left in a game - THEY ALL COUNT 3 POINTS!)
"even you" - thanks a lot - up yours too
i'm only pointing out the obvious - Gano had his shot and then they brought in Rackers to see if that would liven him up
I believe they could not have been very happy to have to bring in Cundiff
given all that you've pointed out
AND
as someone else posted - teams rarely change kickers unless the guy you have sucks - these guys brought in Cundiff
that's fine with me - Gano did not have anything but a great leg - he did not make me feel that he was a great kicker
Cundiff may not be any good either but he's showing me that he's better than super leg Gano
now, if this kid has lost his confidence and is not cutting it with Danny and Mike we would see a bunch of kickers here
waiting .....
maybe Cundiff is the best option right now ......
Yep, you gotta love a kicker hitting 60% of his kicks
Even if you toss out the two kicks that MS should NEVER have allowed him to attempt (the 62 and 57 yarders - because I have as much of a chance of scoring with Jessica Alba as he did of making either of those kicks!) he would still be kicking at a 75% rate (or a normal year for him).
Of course if we're throwing out things out of a kicker's control, if you throw out the FIVE blocks that missed (out of the seven blocks Gano had - two of the seven were good) Gano was kicking last year at a 86% success rate. And he was stone cold reliable the last 5 games going 14 of 15 with his one miss getting blocked!
Now MS and DS told him none of his blocks were his fault, but if MS actually believed that Gano would still be here.
Cundiff kicks with more of a loft than Gano, which makes his kicks less likely to be blocked but it also means he just simply can't hit anything at distance and his kicks will be more influenced by wind.
I still say, even with the different launch angle Cundiff WILL have some kicks blocked this year, because i don't think out FG blocking team is fixed if the P blocking team is any indication.
I guess it all come down to preference. I prefer the better kicker, you prefer the current kicker. Going into the Saints game I was nervous every time Cundiff kicked, I am no longer nervous! I assume he is going to miss. If he actually makes it, that is a bonus! If the kick is over 45 I don’t even watch, I know it is going to be bad. I just fast to the other teams offensive snap.
That is kind of liberating. The Skins line up for a kick, I’m now considering it a seven yard loss and turn over on downs. If the kick some how goes through that is a bonus.
