Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
Still stand behind the guy. He will figure it out next season and we’d be crazy to let the guy who can be a top 3 kicker go. But yeah this season… I don’t feel very confident. I don’t think it’s the yips as much as it is a combo of injury and not trusting the snap/hold.
He’ll figure it out but probably not in time for the playoffs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I said the potential exists. PKs can have long careers. And for 5 straight seasons he was one of the two best. Now, he's probably never going to rack up the total points, because KC doesn't kick a ton of FGs anymore, but he could still be up there in other categories. But he's barely into his prime at 26 years old, and he could kick another 10 years at a very high level.
I mean, Justin Tucker is the only kicker in the last 6 years that's been better than Butker, and only by 2-3% points, and no one denies that Justin will probably be a HOFer, so why can't Butker someday be in the running?
Why not? Was it Butker's fault Townsend mangled the hold, or that some defender got a hand on the ball? How exactly was he supposed to adjust for that? I'm waiting with bated breath for your answer . . . [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Good to see that. I mean, I don't like that it was blocked, but at least we know it wasn't him, or the hold, this time.
Kent Swanson on Twitter is showing pics that the ball was placed on the wrong side of the hash. It seems to line up with butker talking to Townsend after the kick pointing to the ground. That could have been just enough to affect the trajectory.
I think Townsend is a big part of the problem. While it’s not ideal the rest of this season it hopefully means a lot of his problem is easily fixable. Townsends a good punter. Let him punt. Get someone else to hold. We’ve seen plenty of evidence for 2 years that something isn’t right with the snap/hold. There just isn’t any excuse to not be perfect at this. [Reply]