wil1226 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sign Adam Vinatieri!!!! He is clutch!!!! Here is a list of free agent kickers.(www.theredzone.org) Adam Vinatieri UFA Patriots Wade Richey UFA Ravens Jeff Reed RFA Steelers Lawrence Tynes ERFA Chiefs Morten Andersen UFA Vikings Todd Peterson UFA 49ers Jay Feely UFA Falcons Steve Christie UFA Giants If not, the Colts can't keep Gramatica can they? Even he would be an improvement over what we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 You can. I don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theNose76 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 How about Morten Anderson? Hes got a few more good years . Sadly he will be better at age 46 than Lindell is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 If not, the Colts can't keep Gramatica can they? Even he would be an improvement over what we have now. 193243[/snapback] No he wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theNose76 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 No he wouldn't. 193259[/snapback] Yea, since we play the Panthers this year, that would automatically be a loss if we had Gramatica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthTownBills51 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 have the reputation vinateri has, how much money do you think he's going to ask for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Jeff Reed is an awesome kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Adam Vinatieri UFA Patriots Wade Richey UFA Ravens Jeff Reed RFA Steelers Lawrence Tynes ERFA Chiefs Morten Andersen UFA Vikings Todd Peterson UFA 49ers Jay Feely UFA Falcons Steve Christie UFA Giants 193243[/snapback] I'll take any one of these guys, but I bet most of them would re-sign with their current teams. I'm tellin' ya...Mike Nugent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Shayne Graham isn't too bad...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Jeff Reed is an awesome kicker. 193730[/snapback] Agreed. He drilled his FG's on Sunday. All his kickoffs were deep, unlike squibber Lindell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Agreed. He drilled his FG's on Sunday. All his kickoffs were deep, unlike squibber Lindell. 193750[/snapback] No luck about it: Steelers' Reed one of NFL's hottest kickers ALAN ROBINSON Associated Press PITTSBURGH - The confidence level of his coach is way up. His reliance on superstition is way down. Jeff Reed of the Steelers is one of the NFL's hottest kickers, and it's partly because he's much more reliant on himself than on outside forces. Kickers often are a superstitious lot because they depend not only upon routine, but on a chain of command that cannot afford a single breakdown if a kick is to be successful. If the snap or the hold is messed up, a kicker usually can't compensate. Reed was no different when he arrived in the NFL midway through the 2002 season, after the Steelers went through two kickers (Kris Brown, Todd Peterson) during their first season and a half in Heinz Field. They were so desperate for a reliable kicker, they signed Reed following a rare, in-season tryout involving multiple kickers. But now that the former North Carolina kicker has been in the league and watched other top kickers, Reed understands that successful NFL kicking is much more about preparation and talent rather than the supernatural. "(Long snapper) Mike (Schneck) told me that," Reed said. "He said eventually I'd stop being as superstitious as I was and he's right. I mean, I'm still superstitious but it's not nearly as bad." It's not that he's totally abandoned luck - "I think everybody on this team has something they do before every game," he said - but he no longer counts on it. "The guys are moving the ball, blocking for me and Mike and (holder) Chris (Gardocki) are doing a great job," Reed said. "I know every ball's going to be there, so it's in my court. It's just a matter of being consistent like I know I can be." It doesn't get much more consistent than this: 17-of-17 in his last seven games, including 4-of-4 Dec. 18 against the Giants and 5-of-5 Sunday against the Bills. The Steelers' offense has much to do with it - he hasn't had a kick longer than 40 yards during the streak - but so does the confidence his coach and teammates have in him. During a team meeting before the Bills' game, coach Bill Cowher showed videotape of two of Reed's recent field goals and said, "Just get this guy in position and he'll come through." Reed admittedly was buoyed by Cowher's words, but said all kickers must have exactly that kind of confidence to be successful. Since a bad snap and hold led to a missed 24-yarder against Cleveland on Oct. 17, Reed has built a field-goal streak that is only two short of Gary Anderson's team-record 19 in a row in 1994. For the season, Reed is 28-of-33, going 25-of-27 since he was 3-of-6 in the Steelers' first three games - with two misses coming in monsoonlike conditions Sept. 26 in Miami. "Jeff Reed is kicking with a lot of confidence," Cowher said. "He's kicking as well as anyone in the National Football League." It's obvious that the Steelers have far more confidence in Reed than they did in Brown in 2001, the last time they began the AFC playoffs top-seeded and with home-field advantage. During that initial Steelers season in Heinz Field, Brown struggled on a patchwork grass field that was resodded numerous times. Admittedly shaky by season's end, he missed two of his three playoff attempts from 39 yards and in - for most NFL kickers, a veritable chip shot. Reed, by contrast, has missed only two attempts during the second half of the season and is going into the playoffs convinced that he'll make every kick. "I expect perfection," he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 No he wouldn't. 193259[/snapback] Thanks AD, if I see the name Gramatica brought up once more as a replacement for Lindell, I think I'll lose my lunch. In fact, the Gramatica brothers may head the list of kickers who would make us wish for the good old days of "Lindell". Some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ya know what? I bet ya any money that there's some freak of nature over in like Rwanda or some similar country where they play soccer with their bare feet 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. I bet someone out there could kick a 75+ yard fieldgoal with ease. I mean, seriously, back in the day, the thought of a 390 yard drive in golf was out of the question... He's out there, we just need to find him... I think TD should go on a mission, or send one of his cohorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCBillsFan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ya know what? I bet ya any money that there's some freak of nature over in like Rwanda or some similar country where they play soccer with their bare feet 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. I bet someone out there could kick a 75+ yard fieldgoal with ease. I mean, seriously, back in the day, the thought of a 390 yard drive in golf was out of the question... He's out there, we just need to find him... I think TD should go on a mission, or send one of his cohorts. 194288[/snapback] Maybe he could hire Kevin Bacon to find him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 JAKE ARIANS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ya know what? I bet ya any money that there's some freak of nature over in like Rwanda or some similar country where they play soccer with their bare feet 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. I bet someone out there could kick a 75+ yard fieldgoal with ease. I mean, seriously, back in the day, the thought of a 390 yard drive in golf was out of the question... He's out there, we just need to find him... I think TD should go on a mission, or send one of his cohorts. 194288[/snapback] Remember that Disney (I think) movie in the 70s? The one where the worst football team gets a mule that can kick 85 yard field goals. The Bills should get that mule. That was one hell of a mule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Remember that Disney (I think) movie in the 70s? The one where the worst football team gets a mule that can kick 85 yard field goals. The Bills should get that mule. That was one hell of a mule. 194396[/snapback] Yeah I remember that movie. I remember being pissed that he beat the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Found it. Gus 1976 (Disney) Hell of a cast. Johnny Unitis, Dick Butkus, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bob Crane (!), Ed Asner...Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Found it. Gus 1976 (Disney) Hell of a cast. Johnny Unitis, Dick Butkus, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bob Crane (!), Ed Asner...Wow. 194433[/snapback] Think Bob Crane flirted with the mule ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I'm tellin' ya...Mike Nugent. 193738[/snapback] I keep reading this guy's name here. Any links to info about why he's so highly regarded? If he's that great, won't he go in the first round like Janikowski? CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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