Let’s have a serious conversation…aka ditch Anders

[lambeaulambo]

Ya and he's svedish 2.

 

[Poppa San]

Merged two threads because someone can't be bothered to read any threads besides the ones he starts.

 

[El Guapo]

I hope he gets out of the slump.

I know that it's just semantics, but I wouldn't call this a slump. I think that a slump is a mental thing. He does not miss multiple kicks in a row. He is missing one kick per game recently, and mostly the XPs. I'm not making excuses, but think that this is a consistency issue that Rich Bisachia can help him overcome.

 

[gatorpack]

Why can't he kick the ball deep into the end zone in a dome on kickoffs? Don't tell me it's strategy. There is no way we would kick short to Dallas right before halftime. Dallas ended up with a good return to the 45 and ended up with a touchdown. His kickoffs look like Mason Crosby's towards end of his career

 

[adambr2]

There is no rational strategy for not kicking deep. Average NFL starting field position is greater than the 25. The odds of allowing them to break a big return or even score outweigh whatever miniscule benefit you might gain from an extra 5-10 yards of field position IF everything is executed perfectly.

And again, the returning team can opt to get it at the 25 no matter where you kick it to by fair catching, making the strategy all the more baffling.

You can argue "but they're not fair catching it". Well yes. That's pretty telling, isn't it? They're not fair catching because the strategy is bad and they're gaining against the average by returning. If it was advantageous to fair catch a short kick, they'd be coached into doing that.

 

[gatorpack]

Well he cost us big in the playoffs who would of thought

 

[rodell330]

Merged two threads because someone can't be bothered to read any threads besides the ones he starts.

Stop crashing dude smh. Anyways, I hate to say I told ya so but…Carlson cost them the game

 

[rodell330]

Well he cost us big in the playoffs who would of thought

Like I knew he would. Guy is a bum. Kicker is tops on priority of off season moves.

 

[pacmaniac]

Stop crashing dude smh. Anyways, I hate to say I told ya so but…Carlson cost them the game

It was so easy to predict that.

 

[milani]

Well he cost us big in the playoffs who would of thought

It was so easy to predict that.

He did. May have lost in OT but it would be nice to have a shot.

 

[OldSchool101]

Definitely gotta bring in competition. At Kicker. Carlson and Rich have Offseason and Preseason and then whoever wins that wins the job.

 

[milani]

Definitely gotta bring in competition. At Kicker. Carlson and Rich have Offseason and Preseason and then whoever wins that wins the job.

Not sure if we draft or just try off the streets.

 

[adambr2]

The problem with the Packers approach to roster building (and don't get me wrong, most of their approaches are very good), is that they treat every position like a damn developmental spot.

Kicker is NOT that position. It's ok to get rid of a kicker who can't make kicks, because there's no shortage of next men up.

Not every single position on your roster is worth being patient and taking your lumps at in hopes of a payoff in a couple years.

It's like they're afraid to lose out on the next Justin Tucker.

 

[pacmaniac]

The problem with the Packers approach to roster building (and don't get me wrong, most of their approaches are very good), is that they treat every position like a damn developmental spot.

Kicker is NOT that position. It's ok to get rid of a kicker who can't make kicks, because there's no shortage of next men up.

Not every single position on your roster is worth being patient and taking your lumps at in hopes of a payoff in a couple years.

It's like they're afraid to lose out on the next Justin Tucker.

Carlson is no Justin Tucker that's for sure. Tucker in his rookie season was over 90% FGs and 100% on XPs.

 

[Poppa San]

Changed the title to represent contents. So drive by posters stop making new "we need a kicker" type posts.

 

[Poppa San]

Carlson is no Justin Tucker that's for sure. Tucker in his rookie season was over 90% FGs and 100% on XPs.

They snapped the XP from the 2 during Tucker's first few seasons. Have to take the move to the 15 a few years back into account.
ETA: All of Tucker's rookie FG misses were beyond 40 yards. Lo and behold, all of Anders FG misses have also been beyond 40 yards.

 

[games]

Carlson is fine. His FG% of over 80% is better than Mason Crosby's rookie year. Give him time and a long snapper that doesn't roll the ball back to the holder.

 

[tynimiller]

The snapper has to go regardless of Carlson.

 

[milani]

The problem with the Packers approach to roster building (and don't get me wrong, most of their approaches are very good), is that they treat every position like a damn developmental spot.

Kicker is NOT that position. It's ok to get rid of a kicker who can't make kicks, because there's no shortage of next men up.

Not every single position on your roster is worth being patient and taking your lumps at in hwell saidopes of a payoff in a couple years.

It's like they're afraid to lose out on the next Justin Tucker.

 

[milani]

Correct. Punter, kicker, holder and longsnapper have to be ready made. Those positions are not usually impacted by the opposition.

 

[PikeBadger]

There is no rational strategy for not kicking deep. Average NFL starting field position is greater than the 25. The odds of allowing them to break a big return or even score outweigh whatever miniscule benefit you might gain from an extra 5-10 yards of field position IF everything is executed perfectly.

And again, the returning team can opt to get it at the 25 no matter where you kick it to by fair catching, making the strategy all the more baffling.

You can argue "but they're not fair catching it". Well yes. That's pretty telling, isn't it? They're not fair catching because the strategy is bad and they're gaining against the average by returning. If it was advantageous to fair catch a short kick, they'd be coached into doing that.

Ever see the receiving team fumble or get called for a 10 yard. Happens a lot more often than returns for TD's.

 

[adambr2]

Ever see the receiving team fumble or get called for a 10 yard. Happens a lot more often than returns for TD's.

A kickoff doesn't have to be returned for a TD to hurt. Bad field position is a killer.

 

[milani]

Ever see the receiving team fumble or get called for a 10 yard. Happens a lot more often than returns for TD's.

Interesting that when we faced the Bucs Bowles opted to start at the 25 on every one of our kickoffs including the returnable ones. Nixon did have a big return and a big fumble but we had a big recovery.

 

[RepStar15]

At a bare minimum you bring in two other guys to compete for the job in the offseason. Carlson had no business stepping on to the field in post season. We knew what he was.

 

[JKramer64]

They let Crosby go for cap reasons. He stayed unemployed for over half the season until the Rams signed him to their practice squad. The Packers could have resigned him for the vet minimum and had him available for the stretch run. They could have moved Carlson to the practice squad. Crosby was unemployed for a reason. He had lost some of his length strength for longer FG's and his kickoffs were short. I still would have trusted him over Carlson to hit a 41 yarder with the season on the line.