We’re 100% in win now mode. I agree if Joseph looks more consistent, we can’t afford another season of training wheels for Carlson. If it looks something like that, it will need to be on PS.
Yes. I don't see the Guternator devoting 2 full seasons to developing a 6th-round kicker - while we are in the window, and primed in every other respect to make a legitimate, credible run at the whole thing.
And they brought in yet another kicker today, did they? They're not going about this in a casuial manner at all; they're clearly not comfortable going into this season with the kickers we currently have.
And they don't even care enough anymore to worry about undermining either Joseph's or Carlson's self-confidence - they're past that. They're actively trying to replace them, and there's no hiding it. They're no longer focusing on motivating them, they're just looking for a better kicker.
Gute is dead serious about going all in this season. We lost at least 2 or 3 games last year that we'd have had an excellent chance of winning if we'd had a decent kicker, including the diviisional game. Maybe even more than 2 or3; I'd rather understate than exaggerate.
Gutekunst is a guy who doesn't like to have to learn the same lesson twice - especially painful lessons. He doesn't want to have to spend half of January and all of February watching football on TV because for the want of a nail back in August a horseshoe was lost.
Packers signed another kicker, Alex Hale.
Hale kicked for Oklahoma State and I guess looking at his 4 year stats, I don't see anything special.
The list probably now starts with "Does applicant have both legs still atached and not require a wheelchair to perform necessary tasks?"
