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To some extent, yes. However, bear in mind that the ability to replicate a kick, and CONSISTENTLY kick a ball straight is FAR from trivial. Much like those long distance golf drivers can hit the ball ~400 yds, & they're probably good golfers (ie scratch or below) in their own right, they're not ever going to be good enough to compete on the tour. Kicking in the NFL has evolved into a VERY skilled/precise art. To be good these days, you've gotta be able to make 40 yd FGs 90%+ of the time. That's impressive & people able to do that are quite rare.

I saw it, but haven't watched a replay. Yes, he got wiped out. I can only suspect that it was deemed that the rusher was blocked into him. Then again, based on how grossly inept they were on other calls, that well may not have been the case.

This brings to mind a few questions: Can you legally possess an alligator? And if not, then why the f%$# are there laws regarding neglect of said animal?

When they announced the new red uniforms it didn't occur to me that the Jest would be wearing all green. Surprised that the NFL allowed it. (Isn't the rule that the home team gets to select dark or light jerseys then the visitors have to use the opposite?) Anyway, I'm not colorblind but I found it nasty to look at myself.

You make a valid point, and with our frequency of penalties, you think you might actually be right. However, I tend to think it's still worth the chance. There's not much difference between the 15 & 25 for field position and there is a small chance that break one either all the way, or at least yielding significantly better field position. Hopefully, the expected Utility (economic concept) of returning it when there's some chance, albeit likely small, of yielding far favorable results exceeds the minimal extra Utility you'd get from taking it at the 20 relative to say about the 17.

I'd say poor. Almost as disappointing as our performance. 1st half, the quality was okay, but certainly FAR inferior to other things I've seen streaming, save for a few few second bufferings. 2nd half was terribly fuzzy, almost throughout. Switched over to an illegal feed which had better quality until it was shutdown/lost, then went back to Yahoo & it was still poor.

Isn't "redneck city" an oxymoron?

I think the thought on cutting Gay is that there is/was little risk as he's unlikely to get picked up elsewhere, ie there's very few teams where replacing their current KO guy w/ Gay would warrant the roster position. They likely signed Cundiff as competition &/or motivation for Carpenter. When the need for the extra roster spot arose &/or it was apparent that Cundiff was inferior to Gay & (at least for this week) Carpenter performed well, they let him go. Assuming they stay w/ Carpenter, I'd say it's quite likely that Gay will be re-signed. If not this week, but soon.

As other people have mentioned, fielding of a punt is more demanding & critical. I'll add that w/ KOs, you typically have over a second until you encounter any defenders & when you do, they're all basically down there at once as a wall. W/ a punt, there's 2 defenders that should be on you basically immediately and then the others are more spread out.

I'm not advocating going back to the days of leather helmets, but weren't those Gazoo helmets that Kelso I think it was & an OT for the 9ers somewhat effective? How about making a helmet consisting of primarily/exclusively like ~3" of foam rubber? Helmet to helmet, you've got maybe 5" worth of deceleration available. Even a hard, largely immovable object like the turf, you'd have ~2" of deceleration. Much better than having your brain smash into your skull.

I saw that we've been charged w/ 57 penalties so far this season. This ties the mark for least penalties in a season (I assume over 12 games - 1960). If we cut our penalties by 50% over the next 12 games (14.25 to 7.125), we will just miss the record for most penalties in season (142.5 vs 144 in '83). Our lack of discipline is ridiculous and infuriating!

I had a paperback copy of the rules several yrs ago (The dog ate it. Seriously.) As I recall, it was a couple yrs out of date even when I initially got it, but I believe it was the complete rules & not just an abbreviated addition.

Sorry. When Harvin didn't even attempt to go for a very catchable ball. You do that, it more than offsets any positives that he may have done.

When you're down by 24, the thought of getting 4 scores, ie 3 TDs & a FG is EXTREMELY unlikely. Who knew we'd score 3 straight TDs w/ time to spare.

I've seen it, too. Doesn't seem to correlate to where the TD was scored from, so I assume it's based on kicker/team choice. For a right-footed kicker, it's easier to kick from the left hash.

As previous statistics/studies have shown, once/if he becomes a Patsie*, his fumbling issues will likely/largely disappear. (It's a lot easier holding onto a flat football.)

The only reason you don't hoe roads is because it's just too damn tough!

I don't think you manage to trade Cassel. We got him early in the off-season &, as I understand it, basically got him for about the value of a box of athletic tape 9ie it was an exchange of draft picks). At his salary, now, I don't think he's worth even that. Though I'm not found of the idea, we probably could get a mid-round pick for Manuel.

How about DPW man hole covers? Certainly unique.

Just saw this video of a college guy doing this in practice. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2521368-texas-longhorns-k-nick-rose-nails-80-yard-field-goal-at-practice?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national Wondering if it's legit. Hang time is only ~3.6 seconds (I wouldn't think you could kick a ball ~85 yds w/o more time) & you don't see the start of his approach (ie he could be taking more than the 3 steps you'd have time for in a FG attempt). Sounds/looks like there's also some wind, but nothing tremendous. Anybody know anything about Nick Rose? Is this legit or is it doctored?

I'll concede, maybe calling him "elite" might be overly generous, but he was a starting caliber RB who rushed for 1000 yrs 2x. Certainly not a bottom rung, borderline journeymen.

He might very well be able to - for one week. When he played ~20 yrs ago, he was elite, so it's quite possible that if he kept himself in shape, he would still have the abilities of a lower echelon player. However, as a "weekend athlete" not much younger than him, I can emphatically state that a ~50 yr old body does NOT recover like a ~20 yr olds. Further, what I recover from (actually, I'm pretty much in a constant state of one thing or another being semi-injured ) is in NO way at the same level of what I can only imagine is the wear/damage inflicted playing an NFL game.

The main strength of our Dee is the Dline/passrush. Not saying we aren't strong beyond that, but I don't think you'd call it elite, especially absent 3 DB starters. As none of these drills are "live", I'd have to think this GREATLY minimizes the effect of said pass rush. As such, I don't think the strength of the defense would have much effect on QB effectiveness/appearance.

I saw a few months ago, when the allegations 1st came out, where someone did a statistical analysis that it was virtually guaranteed that it gave them an advantage WRT reduced fumbles. I don't remember the specific #a, but assume relative to average it would amount to maybe 3 fumbles lost /yr (as per above, it had to be fairly significant). I've always considered a turnover worth about 5 points (roughly speaking at least, that holds true). So I think it's quite plausible that their cheating allowed them to win an extra game or so /yr. Certainly significant IMO. Of course, we don't know HOW significant it was cuz they they got away w/ it.

You talk about "ouliners", but he only played 4 games in '14. Statistically, they'll ALL ouliners!