CircleTheWagons Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Anyone else (besides me) willing to give Lindell some credit for today's win? Another mistake free game AND a 47 yarder that doesn't go wide right. I'm not sure that he's the best kicker in the NFL but I'm glad he's kicking for the Bills. Without his field goal we might have been looking at OT today. Thanks RL, we live to fight another day...
34-78-83 Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Anyone else (besides me) willing to give Lindell some credit for today's win? Another mistake free game AND a 47 yarder that doesn't go wide right. I'm not sure that he's the best kicker in the NFL but I'm glad he's kicking for the Bills. Without his field goal we might have been looking at OT today. Thanks RL, we live to fight another day... 471362[/snapback] Point well made. Cheers to Lindell for making a kick that drastically affected the approach at the end of the game for the Dolphins.
Beerfist Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 yea it was impressive..he had a hell of a lot behind it too, woulda made at least a 53 yarder if he had to there...i give him props here, keep it up lindell
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Great kick by MONEY (the nickname I use for him after he hit 7 of 7). Finally, one over 45 yds. and he is becoming money in the bank on many kicks. He still has to prove it over a whole season so we know that he is substantial money in the bank on kicks and not just a few cents.
Mikie2times Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 This was a turning point kick for my confidence in Lindell. Even after the hot start he still wasn't kicking anything past 45, and none of the kicks were late pressure kicks. Then he missed last week and I really felt it killed any confidence the lackluster offense had. But his 47 yarder today accomplished two things, for one it was a distance he has struggled at, and two we had a ton riding on the kick. Big props to Lindell today
Griswold Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Bump. RL is da man. 40-49 yard history 2000 7-8 87% 2001 6-14 42% 2002 4-5 80% 2003 3-7 42% 2004 1-3 33% 2005 4-5 80% (only missed NOLA) His history is sporadic, very good seasons followed by very bad ones. This year is tracking to be a very good one.
KnightRider Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 It was a good kick, but there was really no pressure in it for him. If he missed, we still would have won the game. There was no way the Fish would have kicked with ~1:45 seconds remaining. RB would have still fumbled, yada, yada, yada... When he makes that type of kick from that distance when we are down by 2, with 10 seconds on the clock, then I will be satisfied. Christie did it. Even Norwood did it numerous times (especially in '88). Lindell hasn't, yet.
BuffOrange Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 It was a good kick, but there was really no pressure in it for him. If he missed, we still would have won the game. There was no way the Fish would have kicked with ~1:45 seconds remaining. RB would have still fumbled, yada, yada, yada... When he makes that type of kick from that distance when we are down by 2, with 10 seconds on the clock, then I will be satisfied. Christie did it. Even Norwood did it numerous times (especially in '88). Lindell hasn't, yet. 471439[/snapback] That's ridiculous, and it's foolish to think Miami doesn't play differently only down by 3 on the last drive; plus they would've had better field position to start with. That kick was big time clutch.
Ghost of BiB Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Great kick, but does anyone recall why they were kicking it?
BuffOrange Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Great kick, but does anyone recall why they were kicking it? 471546[/snapback] Because it would've been stupid to go for it or punt?
Ghost of BiB Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Because it would've been stupid to go for it or punt? 471550[/snapback] I was more referring to the backwards march that preceeded it.
UConn James Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 This was a turning point kick for my confidence in Lindell. Even after the hot start he still wasn't kicking anything past 45, and none of the kicks were late pressure kicks. Then he missed last week and I really felt it killed any confidence the lackluster offense had. But his 47 yarder today accomplished two things, for one it was a distance he has struggled at, and two we had a ton riding on the kick. Big props to Lindell today 471401[/snapback] He made two in the preseason from 50+. I think his struggles here have been more power-related (and perhaps some snap issues), and he did a good job of working on that in the offseason. As I recall, he worked with a guy who specialized in that, and I've been impressed with the results. It really shows in his KOs too; no more fielding at the 10-15. Most are at or near the goal line.
UConn James Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I was more referring to the backwards march that preceeded it. 471553[/snapback] NO NO NO! The failings of the offense were all JP. If he were in there, we would have lost by like..... 1,000. Didn't get your talking points today, did you?
Ghost of BiB Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 NO NO NO! The failings of the offense were all JP. If he were in there, we would have lost by like..... 1,000. Didn't get your talking points today, did you? 471560[/snapback] I'll check the fax.
Mark VI Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Lindell, Lindell candlelight Doin' the town and doin' it right In the evenin' It's pretty pleasin'
KnightRider Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 That's ridiculous, and it's foolish to think Miami doesn't play differently only down by 3 on the last drive; plus they would've had better field position to start with. That kick was big time clutch. 471500[/snapback] Hardly. The clutch plays were the forced fumble by Clements and then later on, the two sacks. How would they have played it differently? Here is what they did: 1-10-MIA29 (4:29) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to R.Brown to MIA 37 for 8 yards (A.Crowell). Caught over middle at MIA 33. Pressure on QB: R.Denney. 2-2-MIA37 (3:57) (Shotgun) R.Brown up the middle to MIA 40 for 3 yards (A.Schobel). 1-10-MIA40 (3:18) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to W.Welker to MIA 48 for 8 yards (E.King). Caught over middle at MIA 45. 2-2-MIA48 (2:43) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to C.Chambers to BUF 45 for 7 yards (R.Denney). Caught over middle at BUF 46. 1-10-BUF45 (2:07) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass incomplete to M.Booker. Pass bounced to receiver at BUF 26, right side. 2-10-BUF45 (2:00) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to W.Welker pushed ob at BUF 29 for 16 yards (E.King). Caught at BUF 35, left side. 1-10-BUF29 (1:54) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to R.Brown pushed ob at BUF 25 for 4 yards (A.Crowell). Caught at BUF 29, left side. 2-6-BUF25 (1:47) (Shotgun) G.Frerotte pass to R.Brown to BUF 14 for 11 yards (N.Clements, L.Fletcher). FUMBLES (N.Clements), RECOVERED by BUF-T.Vincent at BUF 18. Caught at BUF 24, right side. Play Challenged by Review Assistant and Upheld. There are a lot of passes in that series, but I doubt they would have run it very much more. Even if they had, Brown was the guy who fumbled... They would have kept driving for the TD simply to eat up as much time on the clock as possible. There was too much time on the clock not to do that.
Kelly the Dog Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 It was a good kick, but there was really no pressure in it for him. If he missed, we still would have won the game. There was no way the Fish would have kicked with ~1:45 seconds remaining. RB would have still fumbled, yada, yada, yada... When he makes that type of kick from that distance when we are down by 2, with 10 seconds on the clock, then I will be satisfied. Christie did it. Even Norwood did it numerous times (especially in '88). Lindell hasn't, yet. 471439[/snapback] It doesn't matter what Miami did. The Bills and Lindell didn't know what they were going to do when the ball was snapped. You MUST understand, when that ball was kicked, that there was a lot of pressure on Lindell to make it. That there is a huge difference between three down and six down with 3 minutes to go, in a must win game against a team that has all the momentum, when you haven't proven yourself to the management and your teammates and your fans that you can make long pressure kicks under adverse circumstances. That IS a pressure kick. Under your criterion, you shouldn't have any trouble with Lindell as your kicker whatsoever because he's never missed one with 10 seconds left down by 2 either.
USMCBillsFan Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I gave Lindell props yesterday in the game thread.... I was happy to see that.. Meanwhile Nugent missed another one in the Jets game...
Peter Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 It was a clutch kick. Without it, the Dolphins would not have had to try to score a TD at the end of the game and who knows what would have happened. You have to give RL credit.
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