Longtimefan
10-10-2005, 12:03 AM
It appeared our Kicking Game suffered somewhat in todays game. Was it the weather, or just our Kickers period?
I have concerns about the height on Novack's kicks.Two kicks blocked in two games seems to be a first for us that I can remember. Our Punter makes us really miss Tupa for distance, and accuracy, makes me wonder why we didn't keep Groom.
Groom wasn't doing jack in case you missed it.
EternalEnigma21
10-10-2005, 12:08 AM
He doesn't get the ball up as much as he should. He hit a couple of nice ones, though, and the one on the penalty...did that one go through?? I couldn't tell, but if it did, he's worth working with. I do miss John Hall though.
EternalEnigma21
10-10-2005, 12:09 AM
Well frost doesn't seem like much of an upgrade, but yeah I miss the hell outta Tupa. It seemed like we were constantly pinning people back inside the 20 with him from all over the field.
BigSKINBauer
10-10-2005, 12:15 AM
yes i think the 50+ one went through that is amazing
saskin
10-10-2005, 12:18 AM
It looked that it went through but it wasn't pretty....ball was spinning from side to side but that may be because he slowed down before kicking it. The announcers were also saying that the ball was getting soaked with so much water that it weighed it down....could that possibly be part of it? But Novak's gotta kick it higher...
mooby
10-10-2005, 12:20 AM
anyone see in the cinci game tonight where this punter kicked a punt 70 yards, then it was called back, and he rekicked again and it only went for 30 yards lol. i'm glad we don't have those kind of problems, but our kicking game concerns me. nick novak has to start kicking field goals higher, because his are getting blocked too often. if he doesn't show improvement i think we should sign someone else.
Daseal
10-10-2005, 01:48 AM
I wouldn't be suprised to see Novak on the street. Two blocks in two weeks? That's pretty poor -- his kicks seem to be fairly low.
JWsleep
10-10-2005, 02:12 AM
The block against Seattle was a missed blocking assignment. Don't know about this week.
But the kid hit a 53 yarder (would have given us enough to win--negated by a false start), hit one in the first half, and then a big one in the rain in the 4th quarter. Oh, and he won the game against Seattle, even though he had to kick twice. And he made the tackle against Dallas. And he had a tackle in this game.
For a rookie, he's done the job.
jbcjr14
10-10-2005, 10:50 AM
Hall should be back this week....thank you for your services Mr. Novak as you helped us to a 3-1 record (not sarcasm).