corsair_joe Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Yeah, he's having a lot of trouble putting distance on kicks, and it's cropped up all of a sudden, he wasn't coming up short at all earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2theskins3 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Barely getting it to the 15-20? What kicker are you guys watching? I remember at least a couple times he kicked it inside the five. I don't remember him ever kicking it to only the 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGFollower Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I bet he is a main reason giants are keeping 2 kickers on their roster. im starting to have my doubts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Yeah there's something wrong with Swissham--he SUCKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirClintonPortis Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I hope it's not because of some "former Cowboy player" curse rearing it's ugly head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronhobie Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 What bothers me is that cold weather is near and even strong kickers have distance problems this time of the year much less a weak leg kicker. Hopefully the front office will address this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudMouth12thMan Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 his kickoffs are horrible. He can't get it in the endzone or even inside the 5. Dude is straight trash. ...says the kicker from where? Read on Wiki or Google the words "hang" and "time" and see what you come up with. It was a bad hold per Zorn and he gets plenty of depth w/ hang time on his kick offs. He's an above average kicker and one of the better kickers the Skins have had in years. If he continues to struggle beyond a couple of games here and there, than you could make the case for a move, but he's solid and I see him being more consistent late in games when it matters more often than not. He's far from James Trash :paranoid: :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryGreenMonk Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I might be making this up.... but I think I remember in the 3rd? game of the season... someone running into him on a field goal attempt... we got the penalty and got to kick it from closer and I think still missed. I believe I remember Suisham standing up gingerly after that and been short kickoffs and barely putting 40+ over the crossbar ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The ball came out funny. Looked like it might of been tipped or a possibly a bad hold. He has been struggling this season though.:mad: Sonny and Sam on the radio said it looked like it was tipped. They also said the wind, on the open end of the stadium was gusting at times pretty good, not sure if thats the end of the stadium where he missed the kick or not. But yea the short kickoffs really hurt most of the time as mentioned in this thread, he didnt have that problem the first 6 games or so and got most of them to the 1 or the endzone, now hes short on em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scstand Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 ...says the kicker from where? Read on Wiki or Google the words "hang" and "time" and see what you come up with. It was a bad hold per Zorn and he gets plenty of depth w/ hang time on his kick offs. He's an above average kicker and one of the better kickers the Skins have had in years. If he continues to struggle beyond a couple of games here and there, than you could make the case for a move, but he's solid and I see him being more consistent late in games when it matters more often than not. He's far from James Trash :paranoid: :2cents: Finally, an intelligent reply....Well said! :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustinwhylee Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 ...says the kicker from where? Read on Wiki or Google the words "hang" and "time" and see what you come up with. It was a bad hold per Zorn and he gets plenty of depth w/ hang time on his kick offs. He's an above average kicker and one of the better kickers the Skins have had in years. If he continues to struggle beyond a couple of games here and there, than you could make the case for a move, but he's solid and I see him being more consistent late in games when it matters more often than not. He's far from James Trash :paranoid: :2cents: If his kickoffs are shortened by design, he either needs to stop or Danny Smith needs to be fired. There's absolutely no reason to have the ball land on the 10 yard line when the ball could've been downed 10 yards deep into the endzone (hang time or not). However, I don't think that's the case. About a week ago, my brother actually brought up the point that he may be injured. It makes sense. Preseason, he was drilling the ball into the endzone consistently. Early in the year, he was crushing field goals with plenty of room to spare. Now? He came up short on two field goals from within 45 yards (I believe). On a side note, any other year I would've been on that James Thrash comment. However, this year he's really not doing much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Prime Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Yeah the missed fieldgoals are one thing, but another was his kickoff distance. It was pretty bad most of the time, and I didn't hear much about wind. Yeah the first few games this season he was nailing every kickoff in or near the endzone.. now he's 10-15 yards shy of it.. Something is different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskin_85 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We'll find out this week. I like Shaazam. But if he's injured he needs to let it out. He was booming kickoffs at the beginning of the season. Something is not right definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We'll find out this week. I like Shaazam. But if he's injured he needs to let it out. He was booming kickoffs at the beginning of the season. Something is not right definitely. Several people have said this, but I'll ask here. Why? Presumably the coaches know, but if he's going to play what is the advantage of telling everybody else. It at least keeps teams guessing if the short kickoffs are about of a plan vs. being all that he can manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never4get#21 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Shezam is current #31 in the rankings for Kickers. His longest was 50 this season, but now he's clanking 40 yarders. Even in his prime he's a 82% kicker. We need to look for another kicker in the offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire3fighter4 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 yeah...his pride is hurt like some **** right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 wow, I said this before the season and the Suisham lovers were trying to convince me he was better then Mark Mosley. Guess that was a long time ago and many missed FGs/bothced kickoffs away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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