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Market forces / Supply and Demand / the reality of Free agency...it's not hard to figure out.I'd love to know what Ghost has on BB. That is a horrible deal. They are paying Ghost as if he is the second best kicker in the league when his performance is decidedly mediocre. Ghost was 19th in field goal percentage last year. He cost the Pats a trip to the 15 Super Bowl & his missed extra points in the 16 & 17 Superbowls.
He's done nothing to justify being paid like the second best kicker in the league. For that kind of money, they should have signed Jason Myers, who Seattle signed for less on a per year basis.
Putting him above Adam? Adam and those last second kicks, man I don't know if anybody else makes that snow bowl kick.
He cost the Pats a trip to the 15 Super Bowl & his missed extra points in the 16 & 17 Superbowls.
Case in point. You don’t get to omit very relevant facts and then proceed to act as if merely citing half the story is fine because “facts”.You quoted facts. How can facts be disingenuous?
The best kickers miss at least 10% of the time. You just choose to only count those and assume the snap and hold is always perfect for him.
The ante has been raised on kicking because despite the league's emphasis on offense defenses are making gains. The difference between making 3 points on a drive vs making nothing is significant enough to decide ballgames and always has been but it seems to me that it's clear that that significance is increasing, not decreasing, as defenses get bigger and faster.I'm surprised Bears didn't make a better effort. They just saw how much it hurts to have a really bad kicker. Decade ago it seemed like it wasn't that difficult to find a reliable kicker, for whatever reason it's tough to find one nowadays and these young kickers haven't been great.
I'm surprised Bears didn't make a better effort. They just saw how much it hurts to have a really bad kicker. Decade ago it seemed like it wasn't that difficult to find a reliable kicker, for whatever reason it's tough to find one nowadays and these young kickers haven't been great.
Case in point. You don’t get to omit very relevant facts and then proceed to act as if merely citing half the story is fine because “facts”.
He cost this team as much a trip to a SB in 15 as Bradys INTs in Denver cost them that trip. Scapegoating at its best. For every time you make him out to be the reason for failure there are far worse mistakes by that guy everyone considers the GOAT as well.
The last time Ghost actually cost them a game was the missed GW kick against Arizona in 2012.
This. It's ridiculous how any miss by Ghost at any point of a game means he's the reason we lost, but Brady and the rest of the team were apparently perfect every time.
Right back at you. Look at the snap on the miss against Philly and tell me you honestly believe it was his fault the field goal operation failed.
You want to talk about missing chippies in Super Bowls?Putting him above Adam? Adam and those last second kicks, man I don't know if anybody else makes that snow bowl kick.
I'd love to know what Ghost has on BB. That is a horrible deal. They are paying Ghost as if he is the second best kicker in the league when his performance is decidedly mediocre. Ghost was 19th in field goal percentage last year. He cost the Pats a trip to the 15 Super Bowl & his missed extra points in the 16 & 17 Superbowls.
He's done nothing to justify being paid like the second best kicker in the league. For that kind of money, they should have signed Jason Myers, who Seattle signed for less on a per year basis.
Wasn't one of them blocked?You want to talk about missing chippies in Super Bowls?
Let me direct you to Super Bowl 38, where he missed two chippies, FORCING the Patriots to have a GW Drive in that one, thankfully Kasay kicked the kickoff out of bounds.
Should never have been in that situation, should have been a 2 score game.
He cost this team as much a trip to a SB in 15 as Bradys INTs in Denver cost them that trip. Scapegoating at its best. For every time you make him out to be the reason for failure there are far worse mistakes by that guy everyone considers the GOAT as well.
The last time Ghost actually cost them a game was the missed GW kick against Arizona in 2012.
You want to talk about missing chippies in Super Bowls?
Let me direct you to Super Bowl 38, where he missed two chippies, FORCING the Patriots to have a GW Drive in that one, thankfully Kasay kicked the kickoff out of bounds.
Should never have been in that situation, should have been a 2 score game.