Largent80 wrote:I think letting Haushka go was a mistake, especially with the inconsistent Walsh being the only kicker on the team.
Haush had trouble with a few field goals and a bunch of XP's but so did a LOT of kickers. In close games, i'm officially nervous.
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/299727/he ... r-concern/
I think letting Haushka go was a mistake, especially with the inconsistent Walsh being the only kicker on the team
As for Walsh shanking the kick it was the only kick attempted into the howling -20 wind all day by either team kicking a frozen rock a few minutes after Sherm had missed the last one by a fingernail. Give our ST a little credit in that situation and a big assist to the weather. I'm cautiously optimistic and even if Walsh isn't the long term answer there's always legs around.
And that long-snapper business was the silliest thing this regime has done, IMHO. What did we save?? a couple hundred K?
In golf terminology he blocked it because he was too close to the ball. With the howling headwind it wasn't close.
Largent80 wrote:I'm sorry but it seems like the F.O. is brain farting the placekicking game.
RiverDog wrote:This is one of those things that we have to trust the coaches on. Walsh is costing us half of what it would have taken to re-sign Hauchka, and Walsh had some phenomenal seasons earlier in his career, once tying the record of the most 50+ FG's in a season.
But like others, I'm a little antsy. But compared to our offensive line woes, our uncertainty at the place kicker position is about a 3 on the scale compared to the OL's 9 or 10.
Largent80 wrote:• Blair watch. I wrote last month and repeated on 710 ESPN Seattle last week that kicker is the Seahawks’ biggest roster concern, in my view. That was my belief after watching Blair Walsh struggle with his accuracy during organized team activities and minicamp. Walsh missed wide on two of the four kicks he attempted in the team portion of practice on Sunday (I couldn’t tell the exact distances but the kicks appeared to be between 30 and 45 yards). As previously mentioned, context is key here. It’s one thing for a kicker with a consistent track record to miss a few kicks in practice. But when it’s a trend, and when it involves a kicker with a shaky history like Walsh, then it’s more troubling.
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/317622/no ... ning-camp/
Jeezus, this guy is going to lose us games.
Largent80 wrote:• Blair watch. I wrote last month and repeated on 710 ESPN Seattle last week that kicker is the Seahawks’ biggest roster concern, in my view. That was my belief after watching Blair Walsh struggle with his accuracy during organized team activities and minicamp. Walsh missed wide on two of the four kicks he attempted in the team portion of practice on Sunday (I couldn’t tell the exact distances but the kicks appeared to be between 30 and 45 yards). As previously mentioned, context is key here. It’s one thing for a kicker with a consistent track record to miss a few kicks in practice. But when it’s a trend, and when it involves a kicker with a shaky history like Walsh, then it’s more troubling.
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/317622/no ... ning-camp/
Jeezus, this guy is going to lose us games.
idhawkman wrote:It was more than just Walsh that cost us this game. There's plenty of blame to go around.
HumanCockroach wrote:Pretty sure I've seen Haushka miss three in a game, Arizona ring a bell? How about the offense tries to score a TD for a change, not in the final 10 minutes of the game? Just to change things up.
Anyone that tries to blame the kicker for losing this game without highlighting in bold the poor play of our quarterback, the defense allowing the Skins to go 70 yards in 4 plays when a FG did them no good, or the 16 penalties we piled up is living in denial.
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