VABills Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 We know what the announcement is: Bills | May Call on Place Kicker - from www.KFFL.comWed, 11 May 2005 15:23:44 -0700 The Salt Lake Tribune reports undrafted rookie free agent PK Matt Payne (BYU) recently received a call from the Buffalo Bills. He is hopeful the Bills may extend an offer in two weeks. If not, other chances may come over the summer. "He had four great years," said BYU special teams coach Paul Tidwell. Payne has given up punting to focus on his place kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Major Harris is more "major" then that announcement!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanForever19 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 That would make 4 kickers on our roster. If we bring him in with Joe Rheem, one of them will be our kicker next year.... bank on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLocke Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I see Martin Gramatica is still under contract with Indianapolis. I know it is no lock that they will cut him given that Indianapolis has carried 2 kickers before with Vanderjerk and Danny Kight as kickoff specialist, therefore they may do the same thing with Vanderjerk doing FGs and XPs and Gramatica doing kickoffs. Still I cannot imagine them keeping 2 roster spots for kickers and I would expect Martine to be cut. Personality wise I cannot stand Gramatica, however I would still take him, as I think last year was a bump in the road he has been quite accurate over his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBXBILLSFAN Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 That would make 4 kickers on our roster. If we bring him in with Joe Rheem, one of them will be our kicker next year.... bank on it! 334227[/snapback] Payne was ranked ahead of Rheem by one of the draft services, and he's also a punter who was rated second to Dustin Colquit by another. I'd give him a shot. I don't recall who would punt if Moorman went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I agree, on Payne over Rheem. Rheem had better accuracy numbers his senior year, but Payne has the stronger leg, andhis accuracy may have suffered somewhat because he was doing two jobs. Pochman may be in the mix, but so far I haven't heard anything about his injury at the start of the NFL Europe season. How bad was he hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 DUDE!!! This is the guy I've been calling for for months. I've watched this guy play, and he is a potential gamer. He can hit kicks fairly consistently from beyond 40 yards, and has made plenty from beyond 50. He is big (6'4", 230 lbs) and like to lay a few big hits on return men. He has missed a few key kicks, but one upside is that he is both a kicker and a punter. He's actually a damn good punter. Would be good insurance is Moorman gets injured. Here are a few good articles on him. The first one is nice: Linky 1 Linky 2 Linky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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