Kicker

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:26 pm

I think they are going to bring in the guy who does not make it on the Ravens squad. If Steven Houschka doesn't make the Ravens, I say we bring him in. He was clutch at "MY" NC State University and been very good in the Pro's too.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:43 pm

SkinsJock wrote:
markshark84 wrote:... The fact of the matter is that Suisham is just not good enough. He lacks power on kickoffs and additionally he lacks the ability (even remotely) to consistently make field goals from the 35-50 yard range .......

NO! "The fact of the matter is" that the kicker that they brought in has not exactly demonstrated that he is a much better kicker - that is not good

I am not totally against Suisham as a kicker _ I just think that we should have ensured that we have a better kicker on this team. I will not be surprised if they go with Rayner or Suisham - I just think that someone else should have been considered as well - having a really dependable kicker is huge and having that guy be able to kick the ball, high and deep on kick-offs is also a big advantage

Thank you, SJ... the point is, here is a 3 page thread arguing over which marginal kicker we should keep. Really... neither one is the second coming of Mark Mosely... so, until there is a real kicker to discuss... who cares?

markshark84 · Post by **markshark84** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:43 pm

frankcal20 wrote:I think they are going to bring in the guy who does not make it on the Ravens squad. If Steven Houschka doesn't make the Ravens, I say we bring him in. He was clutch at "MY" NC State University and been very good in the Pro's too.

I agree with this philosophy. I believe that we will end up picking up a kicker off waivers from another squad (whether it is from BMore or another team, I don't know). I haven't seen enough of Rayner to make an accurate judgement, but if he is really on par with Shuisham, we should look elsewhere.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:27 pm

steven hauschka
http://www.nfl.com/players/stevenhauschka/profile?id=HAU342462

hmm.....

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:11 pm

Countertrey wrote:
SkinsJock wrote:
markshark84 wrote:... The fact of the matter is that Suisham is just not good enough. He lacks power on kickoffs and additionally he lacks the ability (even remotely) to consistently make field goals from the 35-50 yard range .......

NO! "The fact of the matter is" that the kicker that they brought in has not exactly demonstrated that he is a much better kicker - that is not good

I am not totally against Suisham as a kicker _ I just think that we should have ensured that we have a better kicker on this team. I will not be surprised if they go with Rayner or Suisham - I just think that someone else should have been considered as well - having a really dependable kicker is huge and having that guy be able to kick the ball, high and deep on kick-offs is also a big advantage

Thank you, SJ... the point is, here is a 3 page thread arguing over which marginal kicker we should keep. Really... neither one is the second coming of Mark Mosely... so, until there is a real kicker to discuss... who cares?

you're right Trey - I initially supported Rayner as it looked to me like he has the stronger leg - ALSO - I do think that if someone is going to replace anyone on a team then they should "earn" that position and, here we are :lol:

hopefully we will have something to discuss here soon :roll:

Californiaskin · Post by **Californiaskin** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:36 pm

yeah....i say pick up a kicker from the cuts
we dont score lots of tds and cant afford to not have a kicker with the balls to make clutch kicks

yupchagee · Post by **yupchagee** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:45 pm

I agree that Raynor has a stronger leg, but from the little I saw, it seemed that Suisham's KO had better hang time. Just a thought.