Nugent Serious Injury?

[ying11]

Originally Posted by et2house

Not if you want to win in the playoffs.....

I'm for drafting a kicker of the future next year:

Dustin Hopkins - FSU
Caleb Sturgis - UF

I would never draft a kicker. Just pick up a veteran kicker in FA and move on. Kickers can be found anywhere.

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Originally Posted by ying11

I would never draft a kicker. Just pick up a veteran kicker in FA and move on. Kickers can be found anywhere.

And 90% of them aren't good.

Do you watch College football?

[MississippiBengals]

Originally Posted by Truck_1_0_1_

EDIT: Talking about Swayze here.

The Swayze I mentioned?

[jj22]

good thing we money on fouth down...

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Originally Posted by MississippiBengals

The Swayze I mentioned?

Correct.

He never would;ve seen time had Prefontaine niot been injured.

Janikowski never made a PB, despite being wildly popular, because he was never a consistent kicker, even if he could make a 60 yarder.

[Ben zoo 2]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

Or Aaron Pettrey. Damn I was mad that year. Instead of signing a proven kicker, they kept bringing in guys that wouldn't sniff an NFL roster if not for the Bengals. It's like they knew the season was shot, so they went cheap at kicker.

Who woulda thunk that?

[Orange and Black Attack]

Joe Reedy ‏@joereedy
Other kickers coming in besides Josh Brown per league sources are Neil Rackers and Billy Cundiff

[nepa]

Originally Posted by Truck_1_0_1_

Correct.

He never would;ve seen time had Prefontaine niot been injured.

Janikowski never made a PB, despite being wildly popular, because he was never a consistent kicker, even if he could make a 60 yarder.

Janikowski was the AFC's starting kicker in last year's Pro Bowl.

[fredtoast]

Originally Posted by MississippiBengals

Why not snag a diamond in the rough?

I tried to snag a diamond in my rough one time, but the security guard at the jewelry store caught me.

[fredtoast]

Originally Posted by nepa

Janikowski was the AFC's starting kicker in last year's Pro Bowl.

I didn't realize how good he was last year. 31 of 35 including 7 of 10 from 50+.

That is a hell of a season.

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Originally Posted by nepa

Janikowski was the AFC's starting kicker in last year's Pro Bowl.

Mhm, like I said; he never made one even with his success.

Last year was the first year.

[Brunz]

Injury bug must be going around the league. At least it's not our qb, lb, or de right? I think we will win.

Kicking field goals is not that hard. Not trying to brag but I was the running back and KICKER for my football team in the marines. Before then I had never kicked a field goal in my life and I my first three kicks I tried were 47 yarders and I made everyone. I missed 4 field goals that season out of like 25 so if I can do it I I'm sure a nfl kicker will do just fine.

Also I had zero technique, had zero coaching, and took zero reps in practice or before games.

[bengalfan4life27c]

The bright side is with a calf injury its not going to be season ending. The bad news who we going to cut to keep 2 kickers?

[MississippiBengals]

Just seems like an up and comer, wanted to throw my two cents in, and played against him in high school; haha so that would just make it really cool if he became a Bengal.

Who DEY

[ying11]

Originally Posted by Truck_1_0_1_

And 90% of them aren't good.

Do you watch College football?

Yes i watch College football but I was not talking about picking up a rookie kicker - but anyways most kickers are undrafted anyways. I could list out a bunch of them but just too name a few - Adam Vinatieri, Phil Dawson, and Justin Tucker (Baltimore's rookie kicker). For the record are current kicker Mike Nugent was drafted and I would say he is a very average kicker.

[yellowxdiscipline]

Losing Nugent wouldnt be that big of a blow.. Aside from the 55 yarder he hit, he's been kinda crappy.

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Originally Posted by ying11

Yes i watch College football but I was not talking about picking up a rookie kicker - but anyways most kickers are undrafted anyways. I could list out a bunch of them but just too name a few - Adam Vinatieri, Phil Dawson, and Justin Tucker (Baltimore's rookie kicker). For the record are current kicker Mike Nugent was drafted and I would say he is a very average kicker.

I took FA as being College FA, sorry

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Orange and Black Attack

Joe Reedy @joereedy
Other kickers coming in besides Josh Brown per league sources are Neil Rackers and Billy Cundiff

Neil Rackers? Really? The prodigal son returns...

Good thing we changed the PBS turf since the last time he kicked here.

Btw, no thanks on Cundiff. That guy has severe confidence/choking problems. With all the key games we have coming up, I don't want him kicking here.

[Captain Happy Pants]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/b...north&id=60643

Cundiff has managed to get booted off the Ravens and Skins. Lets give the no names a shot

[Bryan]

We should sign that guy who came in for Nuge in 2010 when he was hurt. Clint Stitser? He was like 7/8 in the little bit of time he was with us.

[Bengal Dude]

Originally Posted by Bryan

We should sign that guy who came in for Nuge in 2010 when he was hurt. Clint Stitser? He was like 7/8 in the little bit of time he was with us.

The same guy who missed an extra point.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Bengal Dude

The same guy who missed an extra point.

I thought that was the other kicker we brought in that year, the one who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn

[FRAv]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

Neil Rackers? Really? The prodigal son returns...

Good thing we changed the PBS turf since the last time he kicked here.

Btw, no thanks on Cundiff. That guy has severe confidence/choking problems. With all the key games we have coming up, I don't want him kicking here.

Couldn't agree anymore here.We're walking a tightrope here to make it into the playoffs and just a little bit of a breeze from a choking kicker could knock us off. Rackers has been fairly consistent since leaving the Bengals. I'm thinking he's probably the more logical choice. Cundiff just feels scary.

[BengalRugby]

Eh, he's a kicker and easily replaced.


It's not like it he was tough to find in the first place, and as long as they don't go with a leftie, should have zero impact on the team's performance.

[M.W.]

Originally Posted by Dan_Dan_The_Bengals_Fan

For all we know he could of been battling this injury all season.

Very good point.