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Dolphins sign K Dave Rayner

No position will be safe when Bill comes to town and their is a pile of 1-15 crap to be cleaned up. Another way to free up money too if Feeley loses his job.
 
Another kicker even.. wow.. I dont think theres anything wrong with our best player..

But from his Dallas days, I think its safe to say Bill doesnt trust any kickers.
 
This made zero sense to me until I read he excels on kickoffs, where Jay Feely was AWFUL last year. I loved Jay's FGs, but his kickoffs were bad. I mean, really bad. Now maybe we were just spoiled after Mare, but every kick seemed to land at the 10. Interesting that rotoworld reports we will try Brandon Fields as the KO guy, but if that doesnt work out, based on the new regime's emphasis on ST this offseason, I would not be surprised if Rayner makes the team. My question would be this: do we have a good enough roster to carry 3 kicking specialists? Not so sure. And if not, what do we value more, FGs or KOs? Or, perhaps, is the difference between Jay and Rayner's FGs as big as the difference between their KOs? Very intriguing situation.
 
Actually the report plainly stated that Feely had a career low in yards per KO and that happens to be Rayners specialty. He outkicks you guys hero by almost 6 yards per KO.
 
He probably watched tape and saw that he consistently kicked it to the 20 yard line and decided that maybe we should get a player for kickoff duties. It sure made me angry last year, so I hope this is the reasoning behind bringing him in.
 
I'm not sure if Feely's kickoff stats take into account Cam's love for the squib kick, but if they do, then man do I feel sorry for Feely. He got jobbed by the NFL statskeepers for that.
 
:lol: AH, the squib kick. And yet we used it so successfully, you wonder why we WOULDNT use it.

Ugh.
 
Good point... But if we are going to sign a kicker for the sole duty of kickoffs, then I want Mare back. i think the farther away from the pposts Mare is, the better of a kicker he is
 
Stick a fork in Mare - he's done! Guy thinks he is too good to take a pay cut - good for him - he just got cut from Miami and NO for that. Way to stand your ground Olindo - now go get a job selling ties - I hear Garo is hiring!
 
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