(05-26-2023, 11:31 AM)Dewboy01 Wrote:

(05-26-2023, 09:55 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: In 2022, McManus made:

15 of 18 FG on the road
13 of 18 at home

2022 distance:

6 of 7 from 29 yds or less
4 of 6 from 30-39 yards
10 of 10 from 40-49 yards
8 of 13 from 50+

I see this as almost a lateral move for us, Riley was better from inside 40yds, 18 of 19 - while McManus was 10 of 13 from inside 40yds (I think inside 40yds should be automatic, not sure I like our new kicker missing 3 of those kicks last year).  Riley had a slightly better % from 50+ making 2 of 3, although we know McManus has the stronger leg and Doug didn't seem to have faith in Riley attempting long FGs.  I'm not sure the impact the new kickoff rules will have this season - would Riley kicking off to the 10 or 15 yard line end up being a fair catch and starting at the 25? Would that balance out the fact that McManus can drive the ball to the back of the end zone on kickoffs?  Guess we'll see....

How can you say a move that makes sure Logan Cooke never kicks off for us again is lateral?    If anything it lets Logan focus on punts only, while our kicker take every kickoff and tries to boom the ball out of the end zone every time.   I recently rewatched the Ratbird game...remember our final kickoff?   Fortunately they came up 5 yards short on the game winning field goal.

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