Sgt. Largent wrote:Seymour wrote:Sgt. Largent wrote:bbsplitter wrote:
I understand what your saying, and too a point I agree. Although, it's not like a Janikowski kick-off is a guaranteed success lately either.
For me personally, practice makes perfect, and if this odd kickoffs are something Dickson can perfect and we can use to our advantage? I'm ok with a few hit or miss attempts for a couple of games.
Practice does not make perfect with the kicking game, because it's costing us games.
How many times did the drop kick kickoffs yesterday give the Rams a starting position past the 35 and even 40? 3 times? 4 times?And his last punt only went to the Rams 21, because Pete said he was trying a rugby style rolling kick. Didn't work, and led to the Rams going for it on 4th on their own 41, when it should have been their 21 or worst 31. Which McVay woudn't have done that.
So I can't agree with the practice makes perfect in the kicking game. Do your job, and especially a punter we spent serious draft capital on to help win games, not help lose games.
Nope. 2 kicks from Seabass were run past their 40 and only 1 from Dickson was just short of the 40 IIRC.
Don't ever correct me in front of the kids again.
I get it, the Rams had a long return earlier. But I still need to see a higher success percentage out of Dickson before I trust giving the other team that good of field position half the time.
I know we all love Dickson, he's a great story and fun to watch. But these kicks still have to work.
Correct you?
So I looked it up and I was correct, and on kickoffs Dickson had far better results.
1) Seabass returned to LA 35
2) Seabass returned to LA 42
3) Dickson returned to LA 30
4) Dickson returned to LA 17
5) Dickson returned to LA 37
6) Dickson returned to LA 26
I'm far more concerned about the trick punts and the last one going just 23 yards when we needed to pin them back. That could well have changed to final outcome.