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24 hours since the game and Grupe still has a job...
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:47 pm
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Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:59 pm to ALLTIGER
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:20 pm to ALLTIGER
He's currently on pace for 17 missed fgs, which would be the most misses since Chris Bahr who missed 18 in 1980.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:25 pm to ALLTIGER
Careful you will offend the thin skinned on this forum.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:26 pm to Ghost Of Bristow
no, most everyone here thinks Grupe is terrible and should have been gone last year
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:37 pm to Thracken13
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no, most everyone here thinks Grupe is terrible and should have been gone last year
Posted yesterday .The more you know, Glad you agree with me
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/new-orleans-saints/not-that-it-mattered-today-our-kicker-is-not-consistent-/120535181/
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:41 pm to Ghost Of Bristow
FWIW, most everyone there never said they supported Grupe or keeping him, only pointing out the issue with us putting him in position to miss kicks and not scoring TD's - which is correct. both things, in this regard, can be correct - Grupe sucks - our inability to score touchdowns suck.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:54 pm to ALLTIGER
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24 hours since the game and Grupe still has a job...
What FA are you bringing in that's guaranteed to be better?
I would not be opposed to calling up Smyth and letting him kick a game, but wouldn't outright cut Grupe right now. It wouldn't even move the needle in making this team any better and it's not the hind of shake up move that inspires anyone.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:21 pm to Snipe
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What FA are you bringing in that's guaranteed to be better?
The only kickers who've made at equal or worse % have already been cut and they both were cut after the first week.
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It wouldn't even move the needle in making this team any better
We don't know that. Kickers suck arse, get cut, then become good in a new place all the time. Not to mention we're a team that sucks in the red zone so a kicker missing one a game is very harmful.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:03 pm to ALLTIGER
They need to bring in someone to push him or take the job.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 6:12 pm to Chalkywhite84
Did you see that tackle?
He is a tackling machine.
He is a tackling machine.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 6:16 pm to geauxpurple
So move him to defense?
Posted on 10/6/25 at 6:19 pm to ALLTIGER
Yeah he needs to
Posted on 10/7/25 at 5:51 am to ALLTIGER
Koo not available?
Posted on 10/7/25 at 6:45 am to saintsfan22
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a kicker missing one a game is very harmful.
Harmful to what?
our chances at a playoff run?
our chances at more than 3 wins?
Young kickers go through ups and downs, They only get to be solid veterans if they are given the chance to work through those ups and downs.
By you own admission the Saints should cut Grupe and let him go become a good kicker somewhere else while the Saints roll the dice on some other terrible kicker that no one wanted.
Posted on 10/7/25 at 8:28 am to Snipe
Was anyone brought in to audition? Koo never misses in the Dome!
Cole Tracy should we thread...j/j
RedZone offense is terrible, go get a kicker
Cole Tracy should we thread...j/j
RedZone offense is terrible, go get a kicker
Posted on 10/7/25 at 8:31 am to Tigerfan19
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RedZone offense is terrible, go get a kicker
How about fixing the redzone offense so you get 7 and not have to settle for 3?
Posted on 10/7/25 at 8:39 am to ALLTIGER
They keep talking about how he didn’t miss a field goal all of training camp.
Big difference on pressure between training camp and regular season.
These aren’t even high pressure situations, imagine the choke job that will come with game on the line.
Although he hasn’t directly cost us a game, he has made it more difficult to win. So many seasons a good kicker is the difference between making and missing the playoffs.
He has been bad every regular season so it’s not like an outlier that he sucks under pressure this season, and every game this season
Big difference on pressure between training camp and regular season.
These aren’t even high pressure situations, imagine the choke job that will come with game on the line.
Although he hasn’t directly cost us a game, he has made it more difficult to win. So many seasons a good kicker is the difference between making and missing the playoffs.
He has been bad every regular season so it’s not like an outlier that he sucks under pressure this season, and every game this season
Posted on 10/7/25 at 8:41 am to lsutigers23
Moore should know he sucks by now and just start being more aggressive and going for it instead giving him opportunities to suck. imO
Posted on 10/7/25 at 8:43 am to Snipe
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What FA are you bringing in that's guaranteed to be better?
Grupe is TIED for 33rd in % at 66.7%
Eddy Pineiro is 11/11, coming off the streets.
I get that we've kicked a lot of <40 yard FGs and he's 8/9 which is fine he missed one 30-39 yard, boohoo.
However, you can't be 2/6 from 40+ (0/2 from 40-49 and 2/4 from 50+) that makes it that much harder for this anemic offense
Keep him the rest of the year, but if it keeps up I don't see how you can not consider a replacement next year
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