cardsfanmd
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This one's for you.
For all of you Rackers lovers
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jeez. It's been two years you've been waiting for a chance to say something negative about him. That alone should tell you something.
joeshmo
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To be fair though, has he been in any pressure situations in two years?
Honest question because I cant actually name a pressure situation he has had to be in in two years?
No, I believe the last game tying/winning kick attempt late in the game was 2 seasons ago the 49ers.
Billy Flynt
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what ever... game over
az1965
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which he missed as well...
I can't seem to recall any pressure kicks Rackers even made for Cards.
CatBoxBackFan
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Did he allow 35 unanswered points?
Doc Cardinal
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Why did we cut Nugent?
PACardsFan
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Rackers is a choking DOG & always has been. Dump that guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
az1965
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30+ freakin' yards to win the game... really a chip shot... no excuses at all
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That said, I'm glad his miss didn't cost us the game.
TheCardFan
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Agreed.
Bad timeout as well...that was a weird ending.
No excuse for Rackers...he choked but he is better than that.
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I'm with you. I called it. Get rid of him. His next clutch he makes will be his first.
Doc Cardinal
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Nugent.
TheHopToad
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Fact is, we won the game and we have another one in six days. There will be no kicker replacements.
Ben Graham shanked his lone punt of the day and nobody is calling for his head. He will suit up next week as well.
Rackers has a chance to redeem himself next week just like Michael Adams did in overtime. The off-season is the time to talk about changes, not now.
Rackers needs our support now more than ever. Talk about cutting him should wait until late February...
Black Jesus
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He is the master of choking in big spots. He is automatic when it doesn't count, but he struggles with big field goals.
Nick Folk or Mike Nugent- Cards kicker in '10
Nick Folk or Mike Nugent- Cards kicker in '10
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C'mon it was a 34 yarder to win the game. Grahams shank had nothing to do with the outcome.
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I still LOVE HIM and will take him over Shane Graham, Sean Suisam and anybody not named Vinateri. We won the DAMN game enjoy it and remember all his positive contributions.
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No debating that, just saying that he is not going to get cut between now and Saturday.
Name me an available kicker who is better. Both Nugent and Folk were cut by teams because they couldn't make routine, non-clutch kicks in the regular season. Contrary to popular belief, good kickers are NOT a dime a dozen.
The problem with blaming kickers that nody seems to realize is that he was only in that position because of the monumental failure of the defense in the second half. That's the bigger issue IMO. Making Rackers a scapegoat still doesn't solve that vulnerability.
I'm not necessarily a Rackers apologist, but he has been solid for quite a while. I need more of a body of work than one single kick in a game we eventually won anyway to want to cut him on the spot. There is no "last straw here", it was the only straw so far.
He'll get an opportunity to redeem himself next week against a tougher team and on the road. If he comes through, all will be forgotten; if he fails again, then he'll deserve his eventual fate and I will support it.
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Can't do much about him now but what he did is worthy of being cut, not because of one game but it's not the first pressure kick he's choked on.
Everyone can miss one but if you go back in time and analyze his misses I bet a huge portion of them are in pressure situations, and the rest of the bulk of them would be insane long trys just because it made sense to try.
So, if you take out all the 50 plus yarders that weren't pressure kicks and then tallied up what percent were in fact to win the game pressure type kicks he misses, I think the stat would hit you like a sore thumb and that's one stat a kicker shouldn't have.
So let's do the best we can with the situation now but I would like it addressed in the off season please.
Everyone can miss one but if you go back in time and analyze his misses I bet a huge portion of them are in pressure situations, and the rest of the bulk of them would be insane long trys just because it made sense to try.
So, if you take out all the 50 plus yarders that weren't pressure kicks and then tallied up what percent were in fact to win the game pressure type kicks he misses, I think the stat would hit you like a sore thumb and that's one stat a kicker shouldn't have.
So let's do the best we can with the situation now but I would like it addressed in the off season please.
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This wasn't an isolated incident. I would've been shocked if he had made that kick. How many clutch kicks did he miss in the '06 and '07 seasons?
Redmark
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Graham missed 2 less than 40 - one to left than over-corrected on a shorter one to teh right
I just like Neil's mentality on kickoffs and his unique ability to put the ball where ST have trouble, remember Seattle on the road?
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Note that Rackers is a free agent after this season.
