pcbball12":2mi1gn33 said:
Hasselbeck":2mi1gn33 said:
pcbball12":2mi1gn33 said:
Hausch is a FA so I am thinking they are moving on from him. Which is fine. I think the low kicks (especially on the PAT's) drove Pete nuts. He commented on it in a passive aggressive way a few times this last year. I do think they bring in a Rookie to compete with Walsh though.
Hausch will be dirt cheap after the year he had. Methinks he comes back and Walsh and Hausch compete for the job.
Certainly possible. I just got the sense that Pete was done. The guy uses a 4 iron while chipping the green. Too many PAT's blocked without any pressure happening, just a guy at the line of scrimmage waving his hand and getting lucky. That crap can't happen. I think it is just Hausch's style too, which is fine on long kicks and was fine when the PAT was a gimme, but with the PAT's the way they are it just isn't working.
To an extent, sure, Hauschka drove the ball low on a few of his misses. On the others though, yet again we couldn't block to save our lives.
Remember kickers are creatures of habit too.. if ANYTHING is off, it messes with their head. Given the long snapper rollercoaster and poor blocking, I think you saw Hauschka try to compensate for that and progressively got worse as the year went on.