DMVSkins Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 In his first public comments since Shaun Suisham was released this week, Vinny Cerrato explained Friday morning that keeping the kicker on the team wouldn't have been fair to his teammates after Suisham missed the short fourth-quarter field goal against the Saints. "To me, the players fought their butts off the whole game," Cerrato said on his ESPN 980 radio show. "I mean, we're up 10, then the Saints come back, then we score again. I mean, offensively, they couldn't stop us. We had 460 yards or whatever. And we'll talk about all the guys that stepped up and did well, and I thought Sherm Lewis called an outstanding game. I mean, we punted I think one time. "But we took it down all the way to the two-minute warning, down to the 3-yard line or whatever, ran the ball to set up to kick the field goal. [if you make the field goal], you're up 10 with probably 1:50 to go after the kickoff, so if they take it down to score, they've still got to recover the onside kick and then score again. So my feeling was, after he misses the kick, it wasn't fair to the rest of the team to keep him on the team. Because this was a reoccurring thing. The Dallas game, he missed a 39-yarder. And I remember in the playoff game in Seattle he missed a short field goal. So there's some critical field goals that he missed. "And then my question to the coaches and everything, is he the kicker for next year? No, probably not. So all right, let's let him go and let's try some guys and see if we find a guy who's gonna be consistent and make the kicks that he's supposed to make. That's all. You can understand if it was a 50-yarder, but a 23-yarder? Make the ones you're supposed to make. It's a PAT, game's over, everybody's excited and we've got a big win, and it would have been the Saints' first loss. So it's an inexcusable miss, in my opinion, and it just was a thing that had to happen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 So it's an inexcusable miss, in my opinion, and it just was a thing that had to happen." What about all your misses you bug-eyed waste of space?! God I hate this man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I agree 1000%. Get a head start on evaluating a kicker for next year. Plus, I forgot about that miss in Seattle. That was incredibly deflating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Whats his excuse for LL? But i do agree with getting rid of the bum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Almighty Buzz Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 If only Dan Snyder had this same mentality....cut Vinny...he obviously isn't up to being the next year GM so why not bring in the new guy to start now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfriedenthal Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 What about all your misses you bug-eyed waste of space?! God I hate this man!! I couldn't help but burst out laughing after reading this.... SPOT ON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budski Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Fair to the TEAM! What about the product Cerrato put together for a 3 win team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 So lets play a game. Lets just remove a few words - kicker, kicks, etc and replace them with GM and picks. "So my feeling was, after he misses the draft pick, it wasn't fair to the rest of the team to keep him on the team. Because this was a reoccurring thing. So there's some critical draft picks that he missed. "So all right, let's let him go and let's try and find a GM and see if we find a guy who's gonna be consistent and make the picks that he's supposed to make. That's all. You can understand if it was the Raiders, but the Redskins? So it's an inexcusable way to run a team, in my opinion, and it just was a thing that had to happen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 This is excellent news. Using his own logic Cerrato has to fire himself next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 This is excellent news. Using his own logic Cerrato has to fire himself next! :hysterical: Landry should have been cut too, he played awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thHanson Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 So lets play a game. Lets just remove a few words - kicker, kicks, etc and replace them with GM and picks. "So my feeling was, after he misses the draft pick, it wasn't fair to the rest of the team to keep him on the team. Because this was a reoccurring thing. So there's some critical draft picks that he missed. "So all right, let's let him go and let's try and find a GM and see if we find a guy who's gonna be consistent and make the picks that he's supposed to make. That's all. You can understand if it was the Raiders, but the Redskins? So it's an inexcusable way to run a team, in my opinion, and it just was a thing that had to happen." That is awesome, wow its a perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 How can anyone read that and be mad about it? The man's absolutely correct. The right thing to do was to fire him. Good move by the GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Amazing how this team's mouthpiece (Cerrato) blames the loss on one player when this is a TEAM sport. Has Vinny ever played a down of football in his life? How about cutting Landry for all the blown coverage last week... What about Kareem Moore? He gave up a TD... I hate this man, I hate this FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 So lets play a game. Lets just remove a few words - kicker, kicks, etc and replace them with GM and picks. "So my feeling was, after he misses the draft pick, it wasn't fair to the rest of the team to keep him on the team. Because this was a reoccurring thing. So there's some critical draft picks that he missed. "So all right, let's let him go and let's try and find a GM and see if we find a guy who's gonna be consistent and make the picks that he's supposed to make. That's all. You can understand if it was the Raiders, but the Redskins? So it's an inexcusable way to run a team, in my opinion, and it just was a thing that had to happen." Very nice and creative but that doesn't mean that the kicker shouldn't have been fired. After the Dallas loss I wanted to fire the bum then and knew if we didn't it would come back to haunt us. Kickers are a dime a dozen and we had a crappy one that's lost us 2 games this year. Enough with the excuses, make the kicks you are supposed to (under 40 yards) and you have a job. Miss an XP and your out the door. He won't be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Amazing how this team's mouthpiece (Cerrato) blames the loss on one player when this is a TEAM sport. What amazes me more is how a fan can excuse crappy play from a kicker just to make an excuse to rag on the GM :doh: Vinny sucks, I agree with that. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't do what's in the teams best interest. In the last three weeks misses by that kicker cost us games. Why in the hell should we want to keep a guy who was the worst player in the league last season as our kicker when he does that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Sure shaun missed a chip shot but what about our defense? Is it not fair to our offense that the defense continues to give up big plays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyburd Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 VC said we ran the ball to set up the FG, BS on that. We should have gone for a TD, and if we had to kick it, we needed to move the ball between the hash marks so idiot didn't miss it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 What amazes me more is how a fan can excuse crappy play from a kicker just to make an excuse to rag on the GM :doh: Vinny sucks, I agree with that. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't do what's in the teams best interest. In the last three weeks misses by that kicker cost us games. Why in the hell should we want to keep a guy who was the worst player in the league last season as our kicker when he does that? YES! This goes back to giving credit where it's due: Vinny sucks, but he was right here. He could've defended HIS signing of Suisham or at least HIS retention of him past 2007's playoff game, but he didn't. He did the right thing and he fired him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Sure shaun missed a chip shot but what about our defense? Is it not fair to our offense that the defense continues to give up big plays? VC said we ran the ball to set up the FG, BS on that.We should have gone for a TD, and if we had to kick it, we needed to move the ball between the hash marks so idiot didn't miss it right This isn't about the offense or defense. This is about Suisham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightbird Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 "And then my question to the coaches and everything, is he the kicker for next year? No, probably not. So all right, let's let him go and let's try some guys and see if we find a guy who's gonna be consistent and make the kicks that he's supposed to make." Oh really Vincenzo? Is that how it works? Because "Shazam" has been on our team for THREE freaking years! Why didn't you bother to "try some guys" after any of his miserable performances since 2006? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 VC said we ran the ball to set up the FG, BS on that.We should have gone for a TD, and if we had to kick it, we needed to move the ball between the hash marks so idiot didn't miss it right And if we didn't get a TD (Not a certainty since three other drives ended with field goals), it left a good chance that Brees could have come back on us anyways. Then we'd be complaining that we didn't run enough time off the clock. I don't have a problem with his reasons for releasing Suisham. It was going to be tough to have him around when he blew a couple of game winning field goals. It is unfortunate, but that's the way it is in the NFL. Why didn't you bother to "try some guys" after any of his miserable performances since 2006? Well, untill last year, Gibbs was in charge of the FO. After last year, Vinny did bring in competition, tho it was pretty clear that the coaching staff still liked Suisham despite his struggles. The two misses were probably the last straw for Vinny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Oh really Vincenzo? Is that how it works? Because "Shazam" has been on our team for THREE freaking years! Why didn't you bother to "try some guys" after any of his miserable performances since 2006? Sigh @ name-calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMVSkins Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 So is Zorn misinformed because he keeps telling the media its his choice who to keep on the roster but then Cerrato makes him out to seem like a liar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins55 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 My goodness people.. Your missing the point! Do you know what this statement means????? " We should bring in someone who's going to be kicking for us next year" He's going to be back next year!!! :chair::chair::chair: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffylookin Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Let me get this straight Bug Eyes. You hold Suisham accountable for missing a kick that would have upped the score to 10, but not hold the defense nor the safety responsible for allowing the tying touchdown? Is that your logic? So your logic is that it's expected and okay for the defense to fold like a cheap suit on that last drive? It's the kicker's fault for not making the score out of reach but not the defense's fault for allowing such an easy touchdown. Also using the same logic, if you decide to cherry pick only certain misses by the kicker, why are you not cherry picking the fact that Mike Sellers now has two pretty big fumbles in his limited number of chances to handle the ball. Or how about his whiff that cost us 2pts in Carolina? See where I'm going Bug Eyes? Lastly, the kicker who missed those "important" kicks actually is perfect on kicks that win us the game or tie the game late in the 4th and in OT. So once again I'm not sure what you're talking about Bug Eyes. But I guess with this "playoff roster" you've put together it's right to blame everything on the kicker.:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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