re: What do you do with a second round kicker that can't kick?

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What do you do with a second round kicker that can't kick?

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fire anyone who had a hand in drafting him.

Anyone who saw him kick in college knew he wasnt that great. He never had to kick pressure kicks. Everything was close. He was a great college kicker but nothing screamed 2nd round or 3rd round pick, maybe 5th round

This story is delicious

I know, but I was hoping to see the reasoning.

Have him get a "season ending injury" wink wink. Let him come back next season.

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he same thing happened to possibly this generations best kicker.

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There is no possible way you believe this bullshite you typed.

If you do not understand how good Janikowski is then I am sorry, you are an idiot. He is definitely one of the generations best kickers.

He is 39th in career field goal %. Above him are:


1 Dan Bailey 90.566% 2011-2015 dal
2 Justin Tucker 87.838% 2012-2015 rav
3 Stephen Gostkowski 87.342% 2006-2015 nwe
4 Steven Hauschka 86.813% 2008-2015 3TM
5 Mike Vanderjagt 86.466% 1998-2006 2TM
6 Nate Kaeding 86.190% 2004-2012 2TM
7 Rob Bironas 85.663% 2005-2013 oti
8 Shayne Graham 85.494% 2001-2015 10T
9 Robbie Gould 85.449% 2005-2015 chi
10 Blair Walsh 85.211% 2012-2015 min
11 Matt Bryant 84.986% 2002-2015 5TM
12 Dan Carpenter 84.766% 2008-2015 2TM
13 Connor Barth 84.756% 2008-2015 3TM
14 Phil Dawson 84.464% 1999-2015 2TM
15 Adam Vinatieri 84.114% 1996-2015 2TM
16 Shaun Suisham 84.064% 2005-2014 3TM
17 Josh Brown 83.696% 2003-2015 4TM
18 Matt Stover 83.659% 1991-2009 3TM
19 Ryan Longwell 83.180% 1997-2012 3TM
20 Matt Prater 82.589% 2007-2015 3TM
21 Jay Feely 82.587% 2001-2014 6TM
22 John Carney 82.414% 1988-2010 7TM
23 Jason Hanson 82.363% 1992-2012 det
24 Jeff Reed 82.239% 2002-2010 2TM
25 Ryan Succop 82.162% 2009-2015 2TM
26 Nick Novak 82.143% 2005-2015 5TM
27 John Kasay 81.883% 1991-2011 3TM
28 Jeff Wilkins 81.867% 1994-2007 3TM
29 Garrett Hartley 81.731% 2008-2014 2TM
30 Lawrence Tynes 81.545% 2004-2012 2TM
31 Rian Lindell 81.167% 2000-2013 3TM
32 Olindo Mare 81.093% 1997-2012 5TM
33 Mike Nugent 80.989% 2005-2015 4TM
34 David Akers 80.922% 1998-2013 4TM
35 Jason Elam 80.741% 1993-2009 2TM
36 Nick Folk 80.608% 2007-2015 2TM
37 Joe Nedney 80.251% 1996-2010 7TM
38 Doug Brien 80.233% 1994-2005 7TM
39 Sebastian Janikowski 80.208% 2000-2015 rai

That's a whole lot of recent kickers above him. You are an idiot.

Edit: Actually all 38 played at some point while Janikowski was in the league. So tell me again how he is possible the greatest of his generation?

I'm done here. I'm not gonna argue with someone who thinks the 39th most accurate kicker is the best of his generation, when the 38 kickers more accurate than him are mostly from his generation.

Off-topic but had a thought today that doesn't quite seem worthy of it's own thread.

If I were an NFL coach, I'd use a preseason game to "surprise" the team with an injury to the starting kicker. For example, sometime early in the game, say the kicker is no longer available for the game and go with the emergency kicker (whether that's the punter, backup QB, etc.).

Since you only have one kicker on the active roster during the regular season and they have to make tackles on kickoffs (along with new concussion protocol), it seems like it's only a matter of time that a team's emergency kicker would be needed. Better to see how the team would react in that situation during the preseason.