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So...are we rolling with Myers as our kicker in 2016?

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04-07-2016, 04:41 PM

Quote:5 pages arguing about a kicker...

 

It's most definitely the dead season.

 

So many people are hung up on the PAT thing.  PAT's were different this past season in that they were basically short field goal tries rather than the usual "give me" that they always have been.  The "shoulda, woulda, coulda" crowd needs to let it go.

 

You're never going to get perfection out of the team in all 3 phases of the game.  Give me a kicker that can make more times than not those 40+ yard field goals.  If PAT's are such a problem as far as winning or losing, then that tells me that the offense and defense needs to do a better job.
 

 

Myer's missed PATS are glaring as they led the league, however, if you look at those league numbers you're going to notice a ton of misses all over the place. I'd watch the cut-ups of every game and was constantly noticing missed PATs. What encourages me is that it's something very specific for Myers to work on this offseason. I'm sure he's out there at times kicking nothing but 35-yarders. He may just learn to nail that kick and won't every miss a PAT again.


 

Still, Myers' overall accuracy has room for improvement. His numbers outside of missed PATs aren't bad at all, but he has a chance to be one of the most accurate in the game if he were to learn to control his depth. Some of you may recall back when Scobee was coming off a really bad season in his early years. They brought in an expert to work with him, and Scobee realized that he didn't have to kick every ball over the uprights. He learned to lighten up on his shorter kicks, and the result was him nailing most kicks dead center between the square made by the posts. Myers has that same habit of kicking every kick, whether from 25 or 45, over the top of the uprights, but there's no need to kick them so hard. Rein in some of that power and it might help him improve his accuracy to near perfect numbers.

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