Stephen Hauschka retires

[oldmanfan]

All the best to you and your family Steve H.  Thanks for all you did for the Bills!

[BillsfaninChicago]

He was an important piece of the puzzle to ending the playoff drought. Wish him the best of luck in the next part of his life.

[BuffaloFan32]

I sat behind the bills bench at an away game one time.  For a guy that only plays a few downs per game, Haushcka was constantly working the whole time.  Stretching/jogging/kicking you could tell he really took his craft seriously.

[Success]

It's really good - and rare - to feel the kind of confidence in a kicker that we had when Hausch was rolling.  

 

I'll always appreciate his time as a Bill.  Best of luck in retirement!

 

[Beast]

Fond memories.

[QLBillsFan]

H $ was great for the Bills! Wish all the best. 

Edited December 5, 2020 by QLBillsFan

[Livinginthepast]

How does he rank in terms of Bills kickers over the past 30 years? Probably one of the best? the best?

[Thurman#1]

Best of luck to him. He'll be remembered here.

[Punching Bag]

4 hours ago, Livinginthepast said:

How does he rank in terms of Bills kickers over the past 30 years? Probably one of the best? the best?

 

He is #6. I left out a lot of single year kickers.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/career-kicking.htm?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#kicking

 

					0-19	0-19	20-2	20-2	30-3	30-3	40-4	40-4	50+	50+	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor
Rk	Player	From	To	G	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM ▼	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%
1	Steve Christie	1992	2000	144	7	7	87	79	96	78	81	57	28	13	299	234	78.3%	313	309	98.7%
2	Rian Lindell	2003	2012	152	3	3	89	85	79	73	75	51	24	13	270	225	83.3%	306	305	99.7%
3	Scott Norwood	1985	1991	108	3	3	53	47	57	44	61	37	10	2	184	133	72.3%	278	271	97.5%
4	Dan Carpenter	2013	2016	64	1	1	36	36	32	30	36	28	21	14	126	109	86.5%	149	137	91.9%
5	John Leypoldt	1971	1976	65	13	12	25	17	30	22	42	21	11	2	121	74	61.2%	158	147	93.0%
6	Stephen Hauschka	2017	2019	48			14	14	25	24	29	23	21	12	89	73	82.0%	87	84	96.6%
7	Nick Mike-Mayer	1979	1982	47			20	17	26	17	32	14	2		80	48	60.0%	99	95	96.0%
8	Pete Gogolak	1964	1965	28	19	19	15	11	23	14	11	3	7		75	47	62.7%	77	76	98.7%
9	Bruce Alford	1968	1969	25	10	9	15	12	10	7	13	2	2	1	50	31	62.0%	39	38	97.4%
10	Mike Hollis	2002	2002	16			8	7	10	8	10	7	5	3	33	25	75.8%	40	40	100.0%
11	Tyler Bass	2020	2020	11	1	1	4	4	7	4	9	8	6	4	27	21	77.8%	33	32	97.0%
12	Booth Lusteg	1966	1966	14	10	8	5	3	8	4	11	4	4		38	19	50.0%	42	41	97.6%
13	Joe Danelo	1983	1984	23			9	7	10	7	10	3	7	1	36	18	50.0%	52	50	96.2%
14	Mike Mercer	1967	1968	17	3	3	6	3	7	4	14	5	1	1	31	16	51.6%	29	29	100.0%
15	Grant Guthrie	1970	1971	20	3	3	5	3	5	3	9	2	7	2	29	13	44.8%	34	32	94.1%
17	George Jakowenko	1976	1976	11			4	4	6	4	7	4			17	12	70.6%	24	21	87.5%
18	Jake Arians	2001	2001	10			6	6	4	2	11	4			21	12	57.1%	17	16	94.1%
19	Tom Dempsey	1978	1979	19	1	1	5	5	7	4	4	1			17	11	64.7%	49	44	89.8%

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/5/2020.

[Freddie's Dead]

Before I get to Hauschka's retirement, I must say ***** You to both Henry Anderson and his wife.  Anderson's cheap shot was bad enough, but then his wife piled on by taunting Hauschka's injury on twitter.  ***** You both and the horses you rode in on.

 

This is a sad day for me.  Hau$ch Money was a phenomenal kicker with a phenomenal leg before Anderson destroyed his career.  Whenever Hau$ch came out, you just knew the kick was going through, especially for the clutch kicks.  You can also say "what might have been", because Hau$ch was destined to be one of the GOAT's for placekickers (yeah, I seddit!).  Dude was an 87-90% kicker before the injury, then dropped to 78% in his last two years for the Bills.  All the best to Stephen Hauschka and his family, and farewell, Hau$ch Money.

[Mark Vader]

10 hours ago, QB Bills said:

Always 100% class. And responsible for one of the most clutch Bills moments in years..

 

 

47 yard Field Goal.

 

We were all thinking the same thing.

 

Thank you, Hauschka! Best wishes to you.

[CSBill]

13 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Cheers to you, Haus $$$.

 

Indeed, Stephen Hauschka has always impressed me as a person. He was a very good player in his prime, and a class act off the field. He and his wife started the adoption thing (and it was really cool to see the Beane's take over that when he left) to give back to the community in a very unique and meaningful way. He seems like a great father. Football gave him a wonderful career opportunity for 12 years, has now given him the opportunity to be a great father and opened doors to make wherever he lives, a better place for his neighbors. Good for you Haus $$$  THANK YOU! And enjoy this new stage of life to its fullest. You've earned it.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by CSBill

[Whites Bay]

12 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I don’t remember the details, but wasn’t an NHL player suspended until the injured player was able to return to the game after a horribly egregious dirty play? It may have even been in court rather than the league. Details are fuzzy. I kinda liked that approach, though not terribly practical here. 

 

Thanks for all you did for us, sir. Little tip.......stay in shape for a few more weeks in case some kicker gets hurt. You just never know! 

Good call.  That was the "Bertuzzi Incident".  That ended up essentially costing the player a career, $500,000 in lost earnings and criminal charges in British Columbia.

[machine gun kelly]

That graph was really cool.  I didn’t realize how accurate Carpenter was while here. Everyone retires from professional sports at some point, but was a great teammate while here.

[PrimeTime101]

14 hours ago, QB Bills said:

Always 100% class. And responsible for one of the most clutch Bills moments in years..

 

 

Look at Josh's eyes when they kicked that field goal~ those were not hungry eyes those were sleepy eyes

6 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

He is #6. I left out a lot of single year kickers.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/career-kicking.htm?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#kicking

 

					0-19	0-19	20-2	20-2	30-3	30-3	40-4	40-4	50+	50+	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor	Scor
Rk	Player	From	To	G	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM ▼	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%
1	Steve Christie	1992	2000	144	7	7	87	79	96	78	81	57	28	13	299	234	78.3%	313	309	98.7%
2	Rian Lindell	2003	2012	152	3	3	89	85	79	73	75	51	24	13	270	225	83.3%	306	305	99.7%
3	Scott Norwood	1985	1991	108	3	3	53	47	57	44	61	37	10	2	184	133	72.3%	278	271	97.5%
4	Dan Carpenter	2013	2016	64	1	1	36	36	32	30	36	28	21	14	126	109	86.5%	149	137	91.9%
5	John Leypoldt	1971	1976	65	13	12	25	17	30	22	42	21	11	2	121	74	61.2%	158	147	93.0%
6	Stephen Hauschka	2017	2019	48			14	14	25	24	29	23	21	12	89	73	82.0%	87	84	96.6%
7	Nick Mike-Mayer	1979	1982	47			20	17	26	17	32	14	2		80	48	60.0%	99	95	96.0%
8	Pete Gogolak	1964	1965	28	19	19	15	11	23	14	11	3	7		75	47	62.7%	77	76	98.7%
9	Bruce Alford	1968	1969	25	10	9	15	12	10	7	13	2	2	1	50	31	62.0%	39	38	97.4%
10	Mike Hollis	2002	2002	16			8	7	10	8	10	7	5	3	33	25	75.8%	40	40	100.0%
11	Tyler Bass	2020	2020	11	1	1	4	4	7	4	9	8	6	4	27	21	77.8%	33	32	97.0%
12	Booth Lusteg	1966	1966	14	10	8	5	3	8	4	11	4	4		38	19	50.0%	42	41	97.6%
13	Joe Danelo	1983	1984	23			9	7	10	7	10	3	7	1	36	18	50.0%	52	50	96.2%
14	Mike Mercer	1967	1968	17	3	3	6	3	7	4	14	5	1	1	31	16	51.6%	29	29	100.0%
15	Grant Guthrie	1970	1971	20	3	3	5	3	5	3	9	2	7	2	29	13	44.8%	34	32	94.1%
17	George Jakowenko	1976	1976	11			4	4	6	4	7	4			17	12	70.6%	24	21	87.5%
18	Jake Arians	2001	2001	10			6	6	4	2	11	4			21	12	57.1%	17	16	94.1%
19	Tom Dempsey	1978	1979	19	1	1	5	5	7	4	4	1			17	11	64.7%	49	44	89.8%

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/5/2020.

yea im also looking at that %

[NoSaint]

15 hours ago, matter2003 said:

It was overdue....sadly, whatever effects he suffered after that cheapshot he took in the Jets game never were going to get corrected and it sapped him of his leg strength. He held on by a thread last year, forcing McDermott to have to punt from inside the opponent 40 yard line for than any other team in the NFL, but there was no way we could put ourselves at that big of a disadvantage this year before the ball was kicked off even.  It's why Bass would have had to be God awful to have lost the job and why I kind of snickered to myself that Hauschka was seen as the incumbent.  In all honesty, Haushcka never really even had a shot this year at retaining the job here, not with his leg strength gone.

 

His attempt at a career resurrection in Jacksonville was very say...missed a 24 yarder and was WAY short on a 49 yarder that barely made it to the front of the endzone.

 

honestly, there’s a good chance he was on his last legs even without the hit. I’m not trying to send a Christmas card to the dude that hit him or saying he’s absolved of being an ass for the hit... but I think we can only truly blame him for the short term impact not a career ended

[YoloinOhio]

47 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

Look at Josh's eyes when they kicked that field goal~ those were not hungry eyes those were sleepy eyes

yea im also looking at that %

I think they were concussed eyes. Hadnt he just been clocked  helmet to helmet with no call?

Edited December 5, 2020 by YoloinOhio

[MarlinTheMagician]

Best of luck Hausch$$ - one of the bright spots in the early days of the McDermott rebuild.  Great early signing.

[TigerJ]

A good guy.  Too bad things ended the way they did in Buffalo with fans calling for his head in his final season in Buffalo.  Tyler Bass does look to be pretty awesome lately though.

[PonyBoy]

2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

That graph was really cool.  I didn’t realize how accurate Carpenter was while here. Everyone retires from professional sports at some point, but was a great teammate while here.

This was a great chart. When the board here was crushing Bass, I wanted to post how bad Joe Danelo was. 18 for 36 for the 23 games. Could you imagine if Bass had done that?? Talk about something to complain about!