I wrote this big ole thing that got erased before I could post it, and I'm too lazy to re-write it all...

 

In a nut shell:  As a former soccer player, the easiest kicks are the ones you practice ALL THE TIME.  

 

I get the feeling that Myers spends more time kicking the deeper/long range kicks than he does focusing on the short yardage stuff.  That's all I can think that makes any sense in terms of his muffed 28 yarder and his inconsistancy with the new Xtra Point distance.

 

Usually you shank a kick when you are nervous.  Usually as a kicker, you get nervous when you haven't practiced something over and over again...  I'm no FG kicker, but as a soccer player, that's been my experience.

 

As an example, penalty kicks---  Most teams, believe it or not, don't practice penalty kicks all the time.  So when it goes to a shoot out, the players get nervous and tend to shank the kicks.  The players you see that normally don't shank the kicks look comforatable taking the PK, because they practice it alot more than other players do.

 

Just my gut feeling about Myers, I may be wrong...

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