Man... what do we do at kicker?

[IStillLoveTheMs]

Yeah I said Matt Bryant. And I gave my reasoning. His misses have come from 50+... he's also had 6 attempts vs Myers 3 from that yardage. Give Myers a few more tries and I bet we'd have seen similar results.

He's got a proven track record of quality kicking, something Myers doesn't really have except for one season...

Bryant was 95% last year... which was actually better than Myers... and I think the Falcons cut him prematurely. He's proven to be an asset on special teams more than once.

[Donn Beach]

he is what, 44 years old?...I would stick with trying to get Myers figured out...

guess this is who is available more or less

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/02/ ... -patriots/

[IStillLoveTheMs]

he is what, 44 years old?...I would stick with trying to get Myers figured out...

guess this is who is available more or less

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/02/ ... -patriots/

I don't really care that he's 44... at 43 he hit 95% of his field goals. If you're asserting he's missed a few times from 50 because he's one year older I'm not sure I agree. Many Falcons fans blame the organization for his struggles... by not signing him, causing him to miss OTA's and the pre-season they think it messed him up a bit. Idk if that's true... but I don't think he's done.

The Hawks can eat the $5 million guaranteed to Myers, bring in Bryant for dirt, then try again next year.

Myers struggles look like something that isn't going to end soon. The Dude looked shakey from 22... Bryant would never look shakey from that range. I guarantee you that.

[Donn Beach]

I am not asserting anything other than i would continue to go with Myers over a 44 year old Bryant, i understand it doesn't bother you. I doubt the Hawks make that move, so hopefully Myers shapes up...we shall see

[IStillLoveTheMs]

The Hawks missed the playoffs sticking with Blair Walsh in 2017. He cost them 2 games where 11-5 guaranteed a spot.

I don't want to see the same happen sticking with another kicker who is going to blow big kicks. And I predict it will continue so long as Myers is wearing a Hawks uni. It's just evident that he's shook... he's not missing because of fundamentals... he's missing because he's freaked out.

[Donn Beach]

this was written before todays game, its basically a roulette game of trying to get a kicker during a hot streak. You can dump Myers and try some other guy but who knows, it could be Myers that is heading into another good streak and guy you sign stinks. But maybe they will decide its time to dump him and go with Bryant...

So at this point, I see Myers as a worthy $7 million risk in a world where most kickers are straddling the line between their last release and their next. The most kicks made this season have come from Zane Gonzalez, who was released by the Browns last season and Josh Lambo, who replaced Myers in Jacksonville in 2017 after he himself was released by the Chargers after 2016.

But playing the game of “rotating kickers” could also just as easily land you in a situation like that of Robbie Gould (the San Francisco 49ers kicker is 6-of-13 beyond 29 yards) or Brett Maher (Dallas Cowboys, 4-of-9 beyond 29) or holding out hope for a 47-year-old Adam Vinatieri. The odds of getting Joey Slye (a Carolina Panthers rookie who has shown more leg than Myers this year and is as cheap as they come but is also inconsistent like Myers) are as good maybe as finding yourself saying, “Well, maybe we try Cairo Santos this week.”

(Santos went 0-for-4 in his last game with the Tennessee Titans.)

The Seahawks took a $7 million shot at a Pro Bowl kicker who they had considerable knowledge on already. Through seven games they haven’t even asked him to do much and the sample size of 11 attempts is not enough for a reasonable, logical person to make a final evaluation on the success of his signing. If the process is what bothers you, then we may simply disagree on the proper process for solidifying one of the few positions in football that is judged solely on the one thing you’re asked to do.

When anyone is asked to do any one thing consistently, without any margin for improvement in other areas to help your case, you may certainly wind up with volatile results.

https://www.fieldgulls.com/2019/10/21/2 ... attle-rain

[DanielVogelbach]

You just gotta hope he figures it out. Fortunately yesterday didn't end up being a loss.

The other thing you can do is score more touchdowns.

[Captain 97]

The thing is that everyone who is available is available for a reason (they suck). I certainly don't think picking up a 44 year old kicker who only made 64% of his kicks this year and just got cut from a 1-7 team is the answer. We tried a geriatric kicker last year and his leg fell off leaving us high and dry at a critical point in the season.

[DavidGee24]

Agreed, we've got to go with Myers just because there really isn't anyone who this year has proven to be better who's available.

[roosevelt]

I suspect he will get it together. Brief slump.