NE39

I'm a little surprised, as Reed has been a very good kicker before struggling some this year. It may have to do with the bad blood with the team after they franchise-tagged him this year.

Pittsburgh is a notoriously difficult stadium to kick in, being outside near water and with a loose grass field, so Reed's number are pretty impressive over his career when viewed through that prism. He has really struggled there this year, going 4-for-9, but he is 9-for-11 on the road with his misses coming from 46 and 51.

Do you think he is an upgrade to the recently-signed Shayne Graham? I think his leg is a little better than Grahams.

Modest

Sign'em!!!

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jmt57

I would take Jeff Reed of past years, but not the 2010 version. He has missed seven field goals this year (15 of 22). For whatever reason a lot of NFL kickers seem to go from pretty good to mediocre very quickly.

denverpatsfan

Sign em if he can kick-off better than the clown we have now. Not a good thing to give the opposing team the ball at the 30-yard line EVERYTIME!!!!

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Calciumee

I just read this on the ticker on Madden 11!

Technology eh

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Patspsycho

I don't think Ms. Kraft will take too kindly to his alleged abuse of paper towel dispensers.

Marqui

Sign him please. Shayne is terrible at kickoffs.

fxkane

I"m sure we'll have our eye on Reed. But as to the kickoffs and field postion, a I recall, Adam V. used to start them off at around the 30 also. Of course, he made up for that with his field goal prowess.

Froob

please no, I think grahram is still better than him. And that will leave the steelers with like shaun suisam and whoever they can steal from the UFL. Reed sucks but there really isn't a better option out there don't understand this move.

Gwedd

How so? Every one of his kicks landed between the goal and 6-yard line. That's pretty consistent, and the Steeler's start positions had much more to do with tackling issues than with where the ball was placed and/or hang time.

Graham is a veteran kicker and will be fine. Don't forget, too, that's he's trying to get comfortable not only with a new team, but also a rookie punter who is acting as his holder, and a new long-snapper. For being together less than a week, I'd say he did a damned fine jib.