Gost only 80% this year for FGs - New England Patriots Forums

***Brady_to_Moss*** · 12-02-2012, 03:15 PM

20th in NFL..needs a big finish to this year...

PATSYLICIOUS · 12-02-2012, 03:20 PM

I was thinking the same. Hard to justify his contract with those #'s. Last year he finished right in the middle somewhere. It's not thard to pick up a guy like Shane Graham a couple years ago off the street and have him do the same (or in Graham's case, way better) for way less. He's gotta finish strong IMO if he wants to justify being paid anywhere near what he's getting.

Marqui · 12-02-2012, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PATSYLICIOUS

I was thinking the same. Hard to justify his contract with those #'s. Last year he finished right in the middle somewhere. It's not thard to pick up a guy like Shane Graham a couple years ago off the street and have him do the same (or in Graham's case, way better) for way less. He's gotta finish strong IMO if he wants to justify being paid anywhere near what he's getting.

The problem with guys off the street like Graham is that they're horrible at kicking off.

PatriotReign · 12-02-2012, 03:41 PM

He's also been missing a field goal each game for the last couple of weeks. We can't have that in the postseason.

PATSYLICIOUS · 12-02-2012, 03:46 PM

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The problem with guys off the street like Graham is that they're horrible at kicking off.

I would have had a big problem with that before they moved kickoffs to the 35 but I would imagine it shouldn't hurt us too bad. Besides, a strong legged kicker can be drafted in the late rounds, Ghost is an example himself. Even if the new guy isn't an upgrade, his cap hit will be 6 figures.

PatsFaninAZ · 12-02-2012, 04:47 PM

14-20 in 30 to 49 yard attempts. That's bad. Six misses in that range, including a game winning attempt. No other kicker has more than 4 misses from that distant rnge if I am reading it right. He does have 2-2 on 50 plus though.

ay-yo · 12-02-2012, 06:28 PM

He's 84.43% coming into the year. So while not one of his better years really not that far off course.

brdmaverick · 12-02-2012, 06:34 PM

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He's 84.43% coming into the year. So while not one of his better years really not that far off course.

Good point. Perhaps it's more noticable this year because of the first one that happened on game deciding attempt. After that he's been under the microscope.

Or maybe in other years the misses included 50+ yarders that we could write off as just being difficult attempts.

Whatever the reason, the confidence level is definitely down this year.

Froob · 12-02-2012, 06:38 PM

How bad was the miss today? Didn't see the game.

DocHoliday · 12-02-2012, 06:47 PM

Good thing is that kickers these days coming into the draft are better than ever. They have legit kicking coaches now!