kgor93 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Definition of the yips. I was at the game on Sunday and he looked particularly shaky. There was virtually no wind yet he couldn't seem to even get his kickoffs in the end zone. Plus he barely made a couple extra points. He looked fine in warm-ups and was hitting kicks from the 40 but it was like once the game started he became a different kicker. I hope he figures it out but I can't shake the sick feeling that he could miss at a crucial point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez3 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 WTF man... first rule of the yips, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE YIPS. Close thread please (and burn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The only yip that Thunder-Leg Dustin Hopkins has is YIPPY-YI-KAY Mother****er!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perez24 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The trick is to avoid crucial points where the kicker can miss. He might have just had a bad day kicking, which was still better than a lot of the guys we've had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks like maybe he's getting a tired leg as the season wears down. His kickoffs have been short for the last 3 weeks. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 WTF man... first rule of the yips, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE YIPS. Close thread please (and burn) Looks like you're gonna have to suit up after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarpon75 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I could be wrong but I would say at least half of his kickoffs made the endzone.Noticed the Bills kicker was short on a couple of his kickoffs also going in one direction.Hopkin's kicks that were short were going in that same direction,if memory serves.I would say there was a bit of a wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbunny Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I tend to think it might be more situational than anything. He seemed short against the Bears at times, and when we changed side, he was booming them as well. Didn't pay too much attention if they were straight kicks or sided kicks. It may be also asked by the coaching staff. Sometimes, trying to lure the Kick returner to return the guy (those guys love to make plays) to give opportunities to the return team for a fumble, or a long field (ie return that doesn't go furter than 20 yards line). Also, yeah, he may be getting tired from the season, still I haven't found a reason to kick it like a 50 yarder FG when you're just doing the Extra Point.But that's nothing troublesome so far. Guys is still getting the job done pretty nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 This seems scientific and based on something that actually exists. Or not... So, according to random guy on the internet, he feels that Hopkins might miss in the future. Great. All kickers miss! Hopkins has had a great season to date. He's one of 7 guys to be perfect on extra points (and yeah, I realize he did not play the whole season). He's cracking the top 10 in FG % made at 88%. And has done well on kickoffs only 21 have been returned (against 42 touchbacks). That's above average. See here: http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/kickoff-return-yards/2015/ He's been great. He may have a bad week coming. Who knows? But its not like there's any real reason to believe he'll radically change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 He hit a 40+ yard game winner in Chicago a couple weeks ago. He's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregpeck99 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 He is a Kicker ... he is great until he stinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I always love when fans assume they know what's going on. That goes for me, too. But how do we know that he wasn't intentionally kicking it high to entice a kick return? I mean... several times the Bills starting field position was inside their own 20. He also put it out of the end zone a couple of times. We don't know unless we ask the coaches and they tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible_Red40 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 “Here we are, I’m out enjoying our playoff run, and we’re talking about our idiot kicker, who might have got liquored up and ran his leg off. What is the sports world coming to when we’re talking about idiot kickers? He has ruined kickers for life. Akers and Vinatieri, these guys are great guys, and they’ve been getting killed all week because our idiot ran his leg." Geesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 “Here we are, I’m out enjoying our playoff run, and we’re talking about our idiot kicker, who might have got liquored up and ran his leg off. What is the sports world coming to when we’re talking about idiot kickers? He has ruined kickers for life. Akers and Vinatieri, these guys are great guys, and they’ve been getting killed all week because our idiot ran his leg." Geesh! Haha wow. Where's that quote from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Haha wow. Where's that quote from? It's a revised quote from Peyton Manning who was speaking at the Pro Bowl about then Colts kicker Mike Vanderjact who said something along the lines of Peyton tenses up in big spots or chokes or something like that. If I remember correctly, he wasn't the Colts kicker for long after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShredder Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Close this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 It's a revised quote from Peyton Manning who was speaking at the Pro Bowl about then Colts kicker Mike Vanderjact who said something along the lines of Peyton tenses up in big spots or chokes or something like that. If I remember correctly, he wasn't the Colts kicker for long afterYeah I remember that. He was all like I'm trying to hype this guy up and theres nothing there. Basically saying he has no guts.Funny thing is it was Vanderjagt ("The Most Accurate Kicker In The History of the NFL") who completely screwed up a makeable fg against the Steelers in that '05 playoff game that would've sent them to the AFC Championship. Hewas cut, then proceeded to watch another makeable fg end in disaster with the Cowboys, as it was blocked by Troy Vincent, then returned upfield by Sean Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goskins10 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I was also at the game and while he was not getting the ball to the EZ in the first half, the second half he was booming them. My assumption was it was at the direction of the STs coach or as someone else said, the Buf kicker was not getting the ball deep in the first half either. As for him "looking shaky" I have no idea you are talking about. He looked solid to me. Not all kicks are going to be straight up the middle booming kicks. As for Extra points being close, I didn't see it. My POV was not the best admittedly, but they looked fine from where I was looking. IMO we have enough real problems to be looking for ones that don't exist. The guy is killing it, unless of course now he has been jinxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I could be wrong but I would say at least half of his kickoffs made the endzone.Noticed the Bills kicker was short on a couple of his kickoffs also going in one direction.Hopkin's kicks that were short were going in that same direction,if memory serves.I would say there was a bit of a wind. It was the upper strata of winds, combined with the unusually warm weather. Humidity plus wind layering tends to cause the ball to hang up when above 10 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illone Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He is the best kicker we have had here in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He is the best kicker we have had here in awhile. I'd say he's the best since Ali Haji-Sheik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hopkins is the first kicker in a long time where I don't hold my breath, etc...I have complete confidence in the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBass1724 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hopkins is the first kicker in a long time where I don't hold my breath, etc...I have complete confidence in the guy. Since Lohmiller for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hewas cut, then proceeded to watch another makeable fg end in disaster with the Cowboys, as it was blocked by Troy Vincent, then returned upfield by Sean Taylor. I forgot that he was the kicker on that play. What a nice bow to put on his story lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgor93 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Like I said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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