rk3025 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Coaching is motivation and teaching which we have not had!!! Akers only game was in the Kingdome vs Seattle and he sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff in D.C. Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I really wish we would have drafted or traded for Janikowski. With our offense in as bad shape as it has been for the past 4-5 years he could have kept is in games by kicking 60 yarders. Janikowski is a 78% kicker for his career and has had 5 bad seasons out of the 10 he's been in the league. He's 63/91 (69.2%) career from 40-49 and 22/45 (48.8%) from 50+. Not exactly Mr. reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Was that the same season that the team brought back the 40-something Eddie Murray out of retirement for like, 2 games, or was that a different season? 2000 when Danny assembled the fantasy team, Conway got hurt in Game #2 we had Husted, Heppner (2 missed PAT's) Murray and finally Conway again. An Extra point was cover your eyes bad, forget about field goals. Jeff George's finest moment as a Redskin came in that season, and Murray missed a PAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Blanton was especially hideous, I remember him not being able to make a 40+ yard FG in his tenure here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanyt Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Keenan McCardell and Nate Newton were two others that got away. Yeah I remember McCardell wasn't protected for the Expansion draft. Jags took him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 2000 when Danny assembled the fantasy team, Conway got hurt in Game #2 we had Husted, Heppner (2 missed PAT's) Murray and finally Conway again. An Extra point was cover your eyes bad, forget about field goals. Jeff George's finest moment as a Redskin came in that season, and Murray missed a PAT. Yeah, in '98 I was 13, and in '00 I was 15, so it's kinda hard to separate the seasons too much before '03. So I knew we went thru a lot of kickers at various times but I couldn't remember which carousel was which season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I have been pleasntly surprised by Suisham this year but I get the feeling he is the opposite of cold blooded as a Kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Truth Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Wow we had akers? Oh thats gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb1717 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Nobody would be expected to predict that Akers was NFL talent after his performance back then. Kickers are interesting .... most seem to take a few years and a few teams to find their own. Some seem to get better with age. What do percentage do you think a kicker should kick ?? 80%, 85% ??? If you look at even the elite kickers in the league, their career stats are not as high as I would have thought. I guess percentage is important but also the timing of the miss is also relevant as well as the distance they are kicking from. For example, Carney had a great average for the Giants last year but half of his makes were from 20 - 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Elam was just released by the Falcons. Wonder when the first, "Let's sign Elam" thread will appear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Elam was just released by the Falcons. Wonder when the first, "Let's sign Elam" thread will appear? Probably not much of a chance of that, outside the Dallass game, Suisham has had a decent season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'm going to give the Skins a pass on Akers. Nobody thought he was to be the kicker he turned to be. I think it was fate more than futility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veteranskinsfan Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I think this is a good thread because it points out that our GM cannot recognize a future good kicker from a mediocre kicker. When I saw him kick that field goal all I could think about was- another ex-Redskin doing well on another team that should have been on our team. Mark Schlereth we let go way before his career was over and he did fine in Denver. There are a ton of ex-Redskins still employed in the NFL or who had good careers after they left our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostic Hog Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Seriously, they're kickers. The best kicker in the history of the NFL was released by the team that drafted him: Gary Anderson He was the only one I looked up. Come on, they're kickers. NOBODY can really predict how well a kicker will do. EDIT: Matt Stover was also released by the team that drafted him, the NY Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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