Largent80
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Ink up Steven Hauschka?
He was spot on MONEY, and I want him here.
/Rant
He was spot on MONEY, and I want him here.
/Rant
HawkFan72":yhwhee0y said:There are not that many teams that are in need of a kicker right now. Let the market settle a bit. If you can wait, there's no reason to pay anybody on the first day frenzy.
Atradees":asxvlcc0 said:Lets pass more and get a minimum wage kicker. They are not that important.
Need the money for veldheer.
True, but you can get that kind of production from many other kickers. You don't have to spend $3 million a year for it.AbsolutNET":2sz301hp said:Atradees":2sz301hp said:Lets pass more and get a minimum wage kicker. They are not that important.
Need the money for veldheer.
Consistently putting the opposition at the 20 and kicking game winning FG's played a big role in getting us to the SB.
volsunghawk":3v3nlqfv said:True, but you can get that kind of production from many other kickers. You don't have to spend $3 million a year for it.AbsolutNET":3v3nlqfv said:Atradees":3v3nlqfv said:Lets pass more and get a minimum wage kicker. They are not that important.
Need the money for veldheer.
Consistently putting the opposition at the 20 and kicking game winning FG's played a big role in getting us to the SB.
AbsolutNET":jfsb2spn said:volsunghawk":jfsb2spn said:True, but you can get that kind of production from many other kickers. You don't have to spend $3 million a year for it.AbsolutNET":jfsb2spn said:Atradees":jfsb2spn said:Lets pass more and get a minimum wage kicker. They are not that important.
Need the money for veldheer.
Consistently putting the opposition at the 20 and kicking game winning FG's played a big role in getting us to the SB.
I didn't say you did, but I thought we were past the idea that kickers were not important? Haushka was pretty important this year.
Atradees":l6m8bnxk said:Brandon Coutu? $775. Win.
I realize you're probably exaggerating somewhat, but your statement and others like it in this thread got me curious. So I looked up the differences in stats between the two guys tied for 5th (Folk and Hauschka) and the two guys tied for 26th (Hartley and Succop). No one was in 25th place because of ties.jewhawk":2a7bgjwf said:Kickers are important in the sense that they play an important role in many games, but the difference between the 5th best and 25th best kicker in the league is minimal. There are plenty of good enough kickers out there that can be had for the minimum.
sc85sis":14svdiau said:I realize you're probably exaggerating somewhat, but your statement and others like it in this thread got me curious. So I looked up the differences in stats between the two guys tied for 5th (Folk and Hauschka) and the two guys tied for 26th (Hartley and Succop). No one was in 25th place because of ties.
See the image I've attached for the full stats. I bolded some key ones and made them a larger font so that they're easier to spot in the image.
Hauschka scored 11 FGs more than Hartley and Succop. That's 33 points spread over the regular season. His percentage of FGs made was 15 percentage points higher than Succop and 21 percentage points higher than Hartley. All four had long kicks between 51-55 yards (inclusive). Folk was the only one who avoided having a kick blocked.
Steven also came in second in number of XP attempts at 44. Succop had the most with 52. All four made 100% of their XP attempts, so it's pretty much a wash there.
My takeaway? There is definitely a difference between top and bottom ranked kickers. 33 total points is nothing to sneeze at.