JimmiJo Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 http://www.warpathconfidential.com/?p=672 Staying Medium By John Pappas Warpath Confidential Editor Washington Redskins’ Kicker Shaun Suisham is a thoughtful young man. He is not one to be particularly vocal or overly demonstrative. He is consistent. Whether at practice in camp, or lining up for a game-winning field goal, his temperament is steady; neither high nor low. Suisham has been this way since he came to the Redskins in 2006, even before Jim Zorn became head coach and began preaching his mantra of ’staying medium.’ So when the team brought in kicker Dave Rayner to compete for the place kicker’s job, no-one expected different from him. “The last two years, everyone was asking me what it was like to not have competition,” he said. “They were saying, ‘you should have competition; why don’t you have competition.’ Now that there is somebody here you are asking me how I feel to have competition. I guess it’s all relevant. We will see how it plays out. But what it comes down to is I need to kick well.” For Suisham, kicking well is more than just making field goals. “I am trying to kick that ball with as much hang-time and as deep as I can, unless we call a pooch kick,” he said. “Obviously when you directional kick things change a little bit and that’s very important stuff too. Instead of always just pounding the ball down the middle you got to be able to place the ball and move it around and do what they ask.” Click the link to read the entire article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLASKINSFAN Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 hmm, after last year... I don't like medium out of him. I hate that we cannot count on 30yd field goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvtbred Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I really think last year was more Plack's holding of the ball versus SS's kicking. I think he will be great this year with Hunter holding but still not a fan off his kickoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST is my boy Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 After last night im not sure that Chad Johnson isnt a better kicker than Suisham. Obviously kidding but I wish we had a better kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiJo Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 After last night im not sure that Chad Johnson isnt a better kicker than Suisham.Obviously kidding but I wish we had a better kicker. He is still very good from short range, going 7-for-7 last year from 20-29 yards, and 7-for-9 from 30-39 yards. After that though it dropped off, 11-for-16 from 40-49 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 14/16 inside 40 isn't bad...though hopefully he becomes automatic (literally) from that range. Also, 2 out of every 3 is respectable from 40-49, but I'd like him to improve a bit there too (maybe 3 out of every 4). If he can do that and hit half of his 50+ kicks, he can stick around for a decade IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST is my boy Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 He is still very good from short range, going 7-for-7 last year from 20-29 yards, and 7-for-9 from 30-39 yards. After that though it dropped off, 11-for-16 from 40-49 yards. Hmmm that doesnt seem too bad. I just wish we had a kicker where you just KNOW hes going to make it.....whens the last time we had that? This team has about as much kicker troubles, as QB troubles in the last 15 years. He needs to work on the power in the ol leg. His kickoffs werent very good from what I remember, and a few of his 50 yarders fell embarassingly short at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Godfather Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I like my kicks Well Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Oh for a kicker of the caliber of Mark or Chip that consistently kicked well above the "medium." Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkabong82 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Suisham was improving, but going just off the stat line from last season it looks like he regressed. Hard to tell if it was all the holding, or just Suisham. I could understand hold problems with Brooks since he was a rookie, but Plackeimeir had experience. Then again he could have done poorly, like I said hard to tell. Hopefully the holding thing was the real issue and Suisham can start improving again. I like that we brought in Rayner to push him. Ought to be an interesting competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 He is still very good from short range, going 7-for-7 last year from 20-29 yards, and 7-for-9 from 30-39 yards. After that though it dropped off, 11-for-16 from 40-49 yards. i'm nervous about anything over 35yds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farbod21 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 **** Medium. Im so tired of this Medium garbage. This is football, not Yoga. Get mad and hit someone! Medium = 8-8. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfan Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 From the stats guys at footballoutsiders.com: Field-goal percentage is almost entirely random from season to season, while kickoff distance is one of the most consistent statistics in football. This theory, which originally appeared in the New York Times in October 2006, is one of the our most controversial, but it is hard to argue against the evidence. Measuring every kicker from 1999 to 2006 who had at least ten field goal attempts in each of two consecutive years, the year-to-year correlation coefficient for field-goal percentage was an insignificant .05. Mike Vanderjagt didn't miss a single field goal in 2003, but his percentage was a below-average 74 percent the year before and 80 percent the year after. Adam Vinatieri, supposedly the best kicker in the game, has never has never had two straight seasons with accuracy better than last year's NFL average of 83 percent. On the other hand, the year-to-year correlation coefficient for kickoff distance, over the same period as our measurement of field-goal percentage and with the same minimum of ten kicks per year, is .61. The same players consistently lead the league in kickoff distance, particularly Neil Rackers, Olindo Mare, Josh Brown, and for the last two years, Stephen Gostkowski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 hmm, after last year... I don't like medium out of him. I hate that we cannot count on 30yd field goals. Yup, and the fact on kick-offs we cant reach the endzone!! :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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