Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, oldman9er said: Could the kick distance really be that exact and intentional? I dunno, I would expect I'd kick off the side of my shin and it would go sideways for 12 yards... I know it is for the Pats. They started doing it after the rule changes. You can find articles dating back to 2017 where Gostkowski dropped his touchback rate by over 10% from one season to the next. The outcome was that the average starting position they gave up was between the 21 and 23 yard line, rather than the touchback at the 25. Just another way BB was ahead of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 @oldman9er Quote Now yesterday's experiment has become today's strategy. Gostkowski has just 31 touchbacks, or 41.3 percent of his 75 kickoffs, down from 55.9 percent last season and 69.7 percent in 2015, making him the only kicker in the NFL to reduce his rate by 10 or more points in each of the past two years. How purposeful are Belichick & Co.? In Denver in Week 10, Gostkowski had just one touchback in eight kickoffs; the following week, facing the Raiders and Cordarrelle Patterson, he had six in seven. Kicking short wouldn't be too valuable if Gostkowski were shanking randomly. But when he kicks to opponents' 4- to 6-yard lines, they end up returning the ball, on average, only to their own 21.4. When he boots it to their 1 to 3, returners merely make it to the 23, on average. And then there are the kicks Gostkowski places just deep enough to dangle as bait. On 16 occasions, opponents have run back his kickoffs from 3 yards or less inside their own end zones. On average, they barely reach the 20. The key to those two years was the change from the 20 to the 25 yard line. But it was pretty clear that Gostkowski and the pats were doing this intentionally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman9er Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Those Sneeeeeeeaaaky bastages!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman9er Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Mullens shouldn't have to be out there behind that OL. Not worth the risk; you know what you have in Nick so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Why do we have Speight on the roster? We want Jack Heneghan!!!!! Where's he at? Also, I love Wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Givens has some hustle to him. I really like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman9er Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 WE def have some good DL backup options to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 LOL Anthony Lynn is kind of great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I know that run was only 2 yards, but that was a good burst by Wilson to pick up even that. The interior got blown up and that play should have been a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Shanny better keep this aggressiveness up in the regular season with regards to going for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 My goodness...what a horrible throw lol. Hadn't realized Adderly hadn't played all preseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman9er Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 chuck it, Spaight! that's the spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 That's why we signed us some Nick Williams!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychlone Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, Forge said: That's why we signed us some Nick Williams!!! For a day... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Wesley Johnson...not impressive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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