mousetrap08 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The Bills were probably "kicking" themselves for letting him go. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Another year of the punter being my favorite player avoided by one Kiko Alonso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monkeyhead Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Welcome back Brian!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
run dat back Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 If I'm Moorman, on one hand it's a job. On the other, this team unceremoniously dumped me, their MVP. Not sure I'd want to go back, especially since playoffs aren't a sure thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCBongo Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 What he may have lost in distance he makes up for in hang time. If anything, he was the most consistent and popular player of the BIlls for the past 13 years; I am happy to see him come back and have a graceful exit as opposed to what he got in 2012. He will provide solid leadership to a young team too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) If I'm Moorman, on one hand it's a job. On the other, this team unceremoniously dumped me, their MVP. Not sure I'd want to go back, especially since playoffs aren't a sure thing. League minimum for a veteran with his tenure is what, 600k? I think I'd get over the dumping with 11 games left so probably 50-60 plays left for him? Edited October 6, 2013 by stevestojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleThemWagons Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The Book Of MOORMON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Awesome news. Just his presence in the building is calming. He will do great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Awesome news. Just his presence in the building is calming. He will do great. Seriously, what makes you think Moorman will "do great?" He hasn't done even good in three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Seriously, what makes you think Moorman will "do great?" He hasn't done even good in three years. well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Seriously, what makes you think Moorman will "do great?" He hasn't done even good in three years. We don't need him to boom 70 yarders. We need a guy who isn't going to shank punts, knows the weather, and gives us some consistently high punts to cover. I think they want moorman to come in and hit 40 yard punts with no returns. No doubt in my mind that he can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 We don't need him to boom 70 yarders. We need a guy who isn't going to shank punts, knows the weather, and gives us some consistently high punts to cover. I think they want moorman to come in and hit 40 yard punts with no returns. No doubt in my mind that he can do that. The thing is, Moorman wasn't kicking the ball out of bounds or knocking them inside the 20 or 10 like he used to for a long, long time. I wasn't worried about booming 70 yarders at all. Moorman was shanking punts and not delivering when you needed him the same way Powell wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The thing is, Moorman wasn't kicking the ball out of bounds or knocking them inside the 20 or 10 like he used to for a long, long time. I wasn't worried about booming 70 yarders at all. Moorman was shanking punts and not delivering when you needed him the same way Powell wasn't. This team isn't making the playoffs. Anything wrong with having a strong leader, who loves the city and vice versa, kicking the same or maybe better punts than the last guy who brought neither to the plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 This team isn't making the playoffs. Anything wrong with having a strong leader, who loves the city and vice versa, kicking the same or maybe better punts than the last guy who brought neither to the plate? Nope. Powell had to go. There probably aren't better punters out there to do what they will be asking Moorman to do, at least no guarantee or good chance of it. I was simply responding to a poster that said he was going to do "great". If we get mediocre out of him it will be a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Nope. Powell had to go. There probably aren't better punters out there to do what they will be asking Moorman to do, at least no guarantee or good chance of it. I was simply responding to a poster that said he was going to do "great". If we get mediocre out of him it will be a win. My bad then. Out of context. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Nope. Powell had to go. There probably aren't better punters out there to do what they will be asking Moorman to do, at least no guarantee or good chance of it. I was simply responding to a poster that said he was going to do "great". If we get mediocre out of him it will be a win. Frankly, I think people complaining about moorman's steep decline exaggerate it. He didn't have his best seasons for us in the last 3 years, but he also wasn't horrible. In fact, in 2011, he had his best punt average year (though I know that's not the best stat to judge a punter). When I said he'd do "great" for us, maybe that was an overstatement. He'll do great in the sense that he will be about a million times more consistent than Powell. There's value in that and it's a reason why journeymen kickers and punters can be in the league for 15-20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Frankly, I think people complaining about moorman's steep decline exaggerate it. He didn't have his best seasons for us in the last 3 years, but he also wasn't horrible. In fact, in 2011, he had his best punt average year (though I know that's not the best stat to judge a punter). When I said he'd do "great" for us, maybe that was an overstatement. He'll do great in the sense that he will be about a million times more consistent than Powell. There's value in that and it's a reason why journeymen kickers and punters can be in the league for 15-20 years. I'd agree with most of that. I really do, however, think he drastically declined in the last few years. He was constantly kicking into the endzone which jacked his average way up but hurt the team. And ones he used to kick to the five seemed to go to the fifteen. Some of it was that we were used to him being great, but he was extremely frustrating to me after being so good so long. I think he will be okay for us. Powell was a big disappointment, especially when you needed a good kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 My bet was the few punters they tried out were about equal, so they signed the local favorite. Hopefully he is still a good punter for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Glad to see you all have 77 replies about your punter. Signed, every team other than the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The Brandon/Marrone era is a joke so far. No different. Ya got that right laugh at these big chnges Brandens been here for 15 years Fifteen years of futility Whaley was Nixes right hand man He's responsible too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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