lostjumper

My Grandfather-in-law is a steelers fan. He said he wasn't surprised to see Reed cut at all. Said he looked huge and soft this year, seemed to come into camp with a lot of weight and was in poor shape. Seems like it affected his kicking. I don't want anything to do with him.

Disco Volante

I'm a little worried the Jets will release Folk and get Reed.

Not sure what Reed has left, but Folk has proven himself to be the same ol' choker.

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I'd sooner sign an Oboe Reed.

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Zeus

Just what we don't need - another Mike van der Jerk. An idiot kicker with a solid two-digit IQ and a hollow leg (nothing to do with kicking prowess but rather a somewhat dated allusion to prodigous alcohol consumption).

PATSYLICIOUS

I would give Reed some thought. He's 11-13 away from Heinz field this year and I think he's been perfect on playoff kicks. Graham's misses against the Jets last year are a concern IMO.

We most likely won't have to play at Heinz again this year

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Dagg

Graham worries me but Reed looked like he was liquored up or bloated due to heavy booze consumption.

Nikolai

No way I would want Reed. Graham is meh, but at least he doesn't come with Reed's baggage.

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Real World

Heinz Field is one of the worst, if not the worst stadium to kick in. I'd sign him asap. Shayne Graham is horrible. He's one of the worst over his career, at opponent avg field position for kickoffs.

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NE39

Good point about Reeds off-field questions. However, he would ony be filling in for the remainder of this year.

One thing about Reed is he has a lot of playoff experience. Graham has only been in two playoff games and is 1-3 on FG attemptes, with the one make coming from 21 yards.

PatsFaninAZ

Based on last night, mid-60s seemed to be his range on kickoffs, pretty consistently -- except for the one he kicked from the 50 which he couldn't get to the back of the end zone and the opening kick off which he got 70 yards, to the goal line. (His kicks were 70, 68, 65, 63, 63, 64, 62, 55.) That's not enough. You need a guy who can give you a touchback at least occasionally. When every kickoff is returnable, barring wind or a penalty, you're just asking for trouble over the long haul. To have a guy who cannot even reach the end zone on kickoffs is not a long-term plan.

To me, though, it looked like his kickoffs were very very flat and extremely returnable. I don't remember each one, but the Steelers routinely were getting 25 to 30 yards on the kickoffs, and came close to breaking a couple much deeper but for some good tackling.