Spaceman Spiff Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, HoggLife said: Anyone thinking we should have kept Hopkins has bumped their head. Now I think Lambo would have been a great pick up. But I'm okay literally with anyone including my 4 year old daughter over Hopkins. Only problem with this move is that it should have happened a long time ago. I'm failing to see how Blewitt (seriously, could you get a worse name for a kicker?) is a better immediate option than Hop. I get that fans might be frustrated because he missed some kicks this year but this move doesn't really move the needle at all, IMO. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 We will randomly see Hopkins nailing FGs on other teams over the next decade. Like all our former kickers. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueIndian Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Yeah, this makes total sense. Now we roll on to victory ! Big ol' weight holding everybody down. Good riddance. Everything that happens with this team seems to be the butt of some elaborate cosmic joke. Does anyone really think that the ST21 deal and now firing the kicker takes the stench of complete failure off of this team. I am so disappointed in myself for even coming back here to get the latest news on wiffed (WFT) What the hell happened to "culture change" that starts at the top. How bout we tell out two star DE's to STFU when they start going on about setting sack records in the pre-season. Thats the way we operate here though. Feel bad for Hopkins he sucked, but we have barely been in games this season so what does it really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The good news for him is he should find a gig the next time some team needs a kicker. He should easily be the best available kicker out there. Especially if we're scraping the bottom of the barrel for a guy like Blewitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJ Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The Football Team is a cluttered house. Everything is in disarray. When you see a broken glass lying on the floor, do you say "meh, the whole house is in shoddy shape, I won't bother"? You can sit and pout and cry about how everything is so bad, or you can take that first step to fixing it. Firing the kicker who forces the team to go for it on 4th down because they don't trust him is the team's first step. It doesn't stop there, it should start there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakedtater1 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Redskins Reparations said: He will go somewhere else and be All-Pro. Didn't Gano just hit a bunch of fg against us in week 2...I think he single handedly kept the giants in the game of a matter of a fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, Cooleyfan1993 said: As “off” as he was, he was still 12/14 though. I’d take that type of “off” any day Why did they pass up a 53 yard try and go for 4th and 10 a few weeks ago? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbunny Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Feels like another Dan move... There wasn't any point to release him right now as he was far from the worst kicker in the league and this will create more of a question mark than solve any problems, as I expect Blewitt, to well... you get it. Looks like Dan telegraphed the move to Jason and Ron and they went "yessir". Still, Landon Collins, WJ3, Bostic haven't yet released while being huge liabilities on the field. And for those still thinking that Hopkins has been sucking for years with this team, you can go back to page 8 of this thread as the guy sure lost us 3 games since 2018 but won us 8 in the meantime (including our whole 3 wins in 2019). As others said, we'll probably see him on another team soon enough and he'll kick our butts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraCommander Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, RandyHolt said: We will randomly see Hopkins nailing FGs on other teams over the next decade. Like all our former kickers. That's an indictment on our organization. I didn't want Hopkins here anymore but I hope he finds a good team to play for. No one deserves this crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I think he's easily the best of the kickers we cut, when we cut them. Most of the kicker's we've cut over the years that went on to have success weren't good when they were here. People always bring up guys like Gano, leaving out that he was a 74% kicker when he was here. Folks wanted him gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartyPosse Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Is this the team’s way of saying they lost on Sunday because of the missed kick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprintBomb Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, RandyHolt said: We will randomly see Hopkins nailing FGs on other teams over the next decade. Like all our former kickers. He will hit a 60 yard game winner against us one day. No doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteredFanSyndrome Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) I get that it feels like dad is taking his bad day out on the dog, when the wife and kids are really the ones making his life hell. But Hops is so iffy that we're going for it on 4th and 10 vs. attempt a FG over 50 yards. This had to happen. I don't have #'s on this but I gather that when a team moves on from a kicker they've had for for a while, the replacement doesn't normally cement himself as the next guy for years to come. Most likely we are going to kiss several frogs before we find our prince. What's more Washington than that? Edited October 20, 2021 by BatteredFanSyndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbunny Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The only reasonable explanation about this move is that we are officially tanking for first pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757SeanTaylor21 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Yall are really down on us firing the kicker when every time he misses a kick everybody proclaims for us to fire the kicker. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Redskins Reparations said: He will go somewhere else and be All-Pro. Why? He wasn't able to do it here in the last 6 years. Was that not long enough for him? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Reparations Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, zskins said: Why? He wasn't able to do it here in the last 6 years. Was that not long enough for him? Call it a hunch… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Redskins Reparations said: Call it a hunch… My hunch says the coaches were not confident in him hitting anything over 40+ yards. Edited October 20, 2021 by zskins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Reparations Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, zskins said: My hunch says the coaches were not confident in him hitting anything over 40+ yards. Well…that and he couldn’t make extra points either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 51 minutes ago, Wildbunny said: Feels like another Dan move... Replacing the kicker with one that hasn't played since 2016? Nah, replacing him with a name, thats a Dan move. Jus because Hopkins could improve like many former kickers we've had, doesn't mean he will. I'm not feeling who they replaced him with, but replacing him had be done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Reparations Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, bakedtater1 said: Didn't Gano just hit a bunch of fg against us in week 2...I think he single handedly kept the giants in the game of a matter of a fact It seems like we are playing an ex-Redskin kicker every week who is automatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Mike Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Blewitt? Gano? What is with these kicker names? ROFL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondRedskin88 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 What do we read now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Disco Mike said: Blewitt? Gano? What is with these kicker names? ROFL Could you imagine if the kicker's last name was Discomike....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Reparations Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I wonder if Mr. Snyder is going to send Hopkins a flat screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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