Studs and Dud, Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Lost Edition. Divisional Loss to the Niners

[MadtownPacker]

Off the back of the brown man!! Same as Tex you started your streak with two games left in the season.

Then you led the 15-1 season choke.

[Bretsky]

Off the back of the brown man!! Same as Tex you started your streak with two games left in the season.

Then you led the 15-1 season choke.

I have no recollection of the second part of that

[Arctic Fox]

Studs: the offense and defense

Dud. Carlson, he sucks, he's not NFL Material

[RashanGary]

19 of the 20 kickers with most points all time are between 5’10” and 6’2”

One is 6’4”

Anders is 6’5”


I looked at pics. He has normal leg length with a weird long Gumby torso.

I don’t think he has the problem of trying to get control of long limbs, but maybe his center of gravity is hard to manage with that Gumby torso he’s rocking.

I don’t know what Gute and his team of mad scientists are trying to do with these skinny tall kickers, but it’s not working.

[RashanGary]

And his leg isn’t as strong as we’re lead to believe. The kicker in Dallas, I shit you not, sent a 59 harder 15 yards past the uprights on day I was watching. And then on the kickoff he kicked a high boomer, the type of kick I only ever see land short or at best on the goal line. His went straight out the back of the end zone.

That kid has a leg. Our guy just looks like a normal kicker who can’t make kicks.

[Fritz]

19 of the 20 kickers with most points all time are between 5’10” and 6’2”

One is 6’4”

Anders is 6’5”


I looked at pics. He has normal leg length with a weird long Gumby torso.

I don’t think he has the problem of trying to get control of long limbs, but maybe his center of gravity is hard to manage with that Gumby torso he’s rocking.

I don’t know what Gute and his team of mad scientists are trying to do with these skinny tall kickers, but it’s not working.

Skinny tall kickers? Mason Crosby was 4'-10"

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Wrong thread.

[call_me_ishmael]

Anders Carlson has a higher career FG% than Mason Crosby, which is surprising. He is much lower on PATs, though. TBF, they did move it back a few years ago so they've gotten harder. Still, MC is significantly better.

Carlson really sucks from 40-49 years out where he is 50% which is trash compared to Mason.

[texaspackerbacker]

I would suggest that almost every college team has a kicker that good or better, and at least 1/4 of them graduate every year. We should bring in 8 or 10 and keep the best two including one on the PS. Give Carlson a fair chance to compete against them.

[call_me_ishmael]

You're absolutely out of your mind if you think that chunky ass kicker from UW a few years back has any place in the NFL.

[texaspackerbacker]

True about that. Who ever said he did? I sure as hell didn't. But there are a helluva lot of college kickers coming out every year as good or better than Carlson or at least as good as he has played so far.

[run pMc]

If that were true, teams would never sign their kickers to extensions. They would just sign someone who just got their diploma.
Kickers overall have gotten better, but the league is going thru a stretch where finding a quality reliable consistent one is easier said than done. They usually take a bit of development.

This year there really wasn't cap space or lofty expectations, so having a young kicker work out the kinks isn't the worst thing... assuming he works out the kinks. I think Carlson absolutely needs to improve, and I also think the team needs to bring in camp competition.

The SF playoff loss did not hinge solely on a missed FG. There was dropped Savage Int, a bad 4th & 1 spot, a bad final Int by Jordan Love, and a few other plays that were just as critical. SF's K had one blocked, nobody is going to run him out of town for that.

[bobblehead]

19 of the 20 kickers with most points all time are between 5’10” and 6’2”

One is 6’4”

Anders is 6’5”


I looked at pics. He has normal leg length with a weird long Gumby torso.

I don’t think he has the problem of trying to get control of long limbs, but maybe his center of gravity is hard to manage with that Gumby torso he’s rocking.

I don’t know what Gute and his team of mad scientists are trying to do with these skinny tall kickers, but it’s not working.

JH with a very good point. Its like hitters in baseball. The longer the limbs, the harder it is to slot in a swing.

[BrokenArrow]

SF's K had one blocked, nobody is going to run him out of town for that.

Why would they? That wasn't his fault.

[bobblehead]

Why would they? That wasn't his fault.

Well...I'd have to look at the film, but a Kicker has to elevate his kick. If he kicked a line drive then it could be on him. IIRC there wasn't a lot of penetration on the play which actually makes me lean towards it was his fault.