Blitzer88
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Blitzer88":1nukvqit said:[tweet]https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1105886277700849664[/tweet]
I’m still all for it. One hard lesson we’ve learned in recent years: don’t try to take the cheap way out when it comes to the kicker. So many of these games go right down to the wire and are decided by a razor thin margin. It’s an undervalued position.Seymour":we89flnu said:Good move but not saving money here (nor should they try!!). 4 years $15-16M I'm hearing!! :shock:
My question??? What the hell are we looking at when we let him go for $700K last year??? :roll:
All-Pro kicker Jason Myers announced today that he’s leaving the Jets, but he didn’t say where he’s going. Now we know: Seattle.
Dianna Russini of ESPN reports that Myers will sign with the Seahawks on a four-year contract worth a little less than $4 million a year.
Myers was 33-of-36 on field goals and 30-of-33 on extra points for the Jets last season, and he should be an upgrade in Seattle over Sebastian Janikowski, who was showing his age last season. Myers previously signed with Seattle last year, but he lost a kicking competition to Janikowski in training camp. The Seahawks clearly wish they had gone with Myers last year, and now they’re correcting that mistake.
The 27-year-old Myers had a career year with the Jets after spending three years with the Jaguars, and there’s certainly a possibility that he’ll regress in 2019. But he should help Seattle improve its disappointing special teams.
jammerhawk":z73xygpj said:Great acquisition, ridiculously poor timing by the team. The team could have kept him last year and retained him cheaper than the $ spent. :2thumbs: on the player acquisition, :177692: on the money spent and the timing.
As far as the ST coaching is concerned I've been kvetching about it for some time and think it is another area of the team where Pete needs to cut ties with a coach he's comfortable with, but who has been underperforming expectations for at lest 2 seasons now.