norton20 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Has anyone heard anything about whether the Bills are going with Dan Carpenter to kick off? With Cundiff gone it certainly looks like it but i haven't heard this mentioned. While I understand the arguments against keeping 2 kickers, I was in favor of keeping Gay. I thought he did an excellent job at what he did and teams rarely got outside the 20. What they did last week made little sense to me. If Cundiff didn't beat out Carpenter during the week then why cut Gay and make yourself weaker at that position? Especially in light of cutting Cundiff this week it makes even less sense. I never thought Carpenter had the strongest leg on kickoffs but I guess we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passepartout Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Carpenter's kickoffs that are short. As that is why they want Cundiff to kickoff as he has the strongest leg. But really he needs to be doing FG's as Carpenter really is not doing too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I am wondering if they are waiting until Karlos is healthy. Then they cut Boom and re-sign Gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) I am wondering if they are waiting until Karlos is healthy. Then they cut Boom and re-sign Gay. They would get rid of Cierre Wood I believe before Boom. edit just saw that Ik was activated and that wood was IR'ed. I'm guessing that Boom stays until Shady and Karlos are healthy. Edited October 14, 2015 by justnzane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Schmidt can kick off; I think it would be great for him to start booming kickoffs week after SI calls him special player of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Carpenter's kickoffs that are short. As that is why they want Cundiff to kickoff as he has the strongest leg. But really he needs to be doing FG's as Carpenter really is not doing too good. News Flash: Cundiff was cut yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 News Flash: Cundiff was cut yesterday. And anyway - if he thought DC was not doing too good on his field goals he would not have liked what Cundiff could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Waiting for the day when a kicker does ALL of the "kicking". Have ur backup QB as the placeholder and ur kicker handles kickoffs, punts & FGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Waiting for the day when a kicker does ALL of the "kicking". Have ur backup QB as the placeholder and ur kicker handles kickoffs, punts & FGs. I am amazed it hasn't happened yet. If you are a young kid with a big leg why would you not be trying to perfect all 3... if you did 2 excellently and one at least effectively you would guarantee yourself a job in the NFL for 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) If Taylor can't go, we needed a spot for the new QB no? Getting rid of only kickoff guy in league makes sense to me. If you wanna keep guys like Dixon and Easly , make Em earn their keep on kicks that only get to the 5. Edited October 14, 2015 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonechiller Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Yeah, I think they go with Carpenter until TT is healthy, then decide. Maybe cut Johnson and resign Gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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