Vinatieri ribs BB in his HOF speech

[ahmed]

Looks the Giants job is filled for awhile so you could be spot on.

I wonder about GM Howie Roseman though.

The fact you think an NFL owner will trust Bill with their club after the ****show that's been the last few years is crazy talk.

 

[ahmed]

Did not watch it nor read the speech but I read about the joke Adam made about Bill and it was low class and uncalled for.

It's one thing to make fun of Manning's forehead or Brady not being the best Pats QB but making fun of a guy's relationship, when everybody else is ****ting on him, is not ok.

 

[rkarp1]

I think AdamV was miffed BB failed to show up

 

[ahmed]

1. He played for two very good teams and played for 24 seasons. Of course he scored a million points.
2. He did indeed make the greatest kick in NFL history. An amazing kick.
3. He has 4 SB rings, and won one on a last second 48 yard field goal against the Rams. A clutch kick for sure, although I think many of his peers would have done the same. The other win was against Carolina, where he missed a 31 yard field goal earlier in the game and had a second kick blocked, which would have won the game beforehand. He then made up for it with a second kick at the end from 41 yards. I'm not sure how "clutch" that performance was.
4. I disagree with this assessment. Don't know what else to say.
5. Perhaps.
6. He was All Pro three times in 23 seasons. Never second team. Not that impressive. It would be interesting to research the number of Hall of Famers who were All Pro only three times in their lengthy careers. As a comparison, Justin Tucker, during the course of Vinatieri's career, was first team All Pro 5 time and second team All Pro 3 times.

I agree. He was amazing in 2001 but below average in 2003. he missed 2 kicks in that SB that kept it closer than it had any business being. It would have been a comfortable win with an average kicking performance.

I remember watching 2001 highlights and in one of the games, the commentator called Vinatieri the kicker from a a Midwestern school or something like that. I remember it struck me because the tone and language used was of somebody talking about an unknown player. This was 6 years into his career. The fact is that had it not been for Brady, he would have had a decent career and likelt nothing more.

 

[h0c2000]

I hope Adam saved his money. He's not going to make a career out of comedy.

 

[rkarp1]

I agree. He was amazing in 2001 but below average in 2003. he missed 2 kicks in that SB that kept it closer than it had any business being. It would have been a comfortable win with an average kicking performance.

I remember watching 2001 highlights and in one of the games, the commentator called Vinatieri the kicker from a a Midwestern school or something like that. I remember it struck me because the tone and language used was of somebody talking about an unknown player. This was 6 years into his career. The fact is that had it not been for Brady, he would have had a decent career and likelt nothing more.

again, not to denigrate Adam
he was great when he played here
there are a ton of highlight kicks to revel in
but I was at 98-99% of every home game Adam kicked in.
what I also recall, is the times Bill passed on a FG attempt, from 45+ yards because he did not think Adam could make the kick.
fwiw, Adam was 8 for 17 in fg attempts 50+ over his 10 year career in NE

 

[sb1]

Gost was great but I believe Pats win the Super Bowl in 2006 and not the Colts if they kept AV.

Maybe even 2007 since it's hard to believe Bill doesn't get AV to kick 4th and 13 instead of going for it.

 

[RobertWeathers]

That was pretty lame by Adam. Clearly hes still is butthurt BB didn't re-sign him. All he did was take away attention from himself on his day.

 

[rkarp1]

That was pretty lame by Adam. Clearly hes still is butthurt BB didn't re-sign him. All he did was take away attention from himself on his day.

Idk
he ribbed Bill, Manning, McAfee