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Scott Norwood can sleep easy tonight. The kicking choke of the 90s has now been eclipsed by the choke of the 00s.
Vanderjagt is the new Scott Norwood
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i dunno... Norwood's WAS the Super Bowl, and was closer...
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No he's not. Norwood was at least close on his attempt.
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I remember the vanderjagt choke against Miami in the playoffs back in 2000(ish). That one was much better.
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wrong, Norwood's was a 47 yarder...outdoors. Vanderjerk's was 46 yards, in a dome...and like Robfins said, Norwood's barely missed, vanderjerk's was wide right by the width of a football field.PressCoverage said:
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RobFins2005 said:
Right, so this is even more embarrassing.
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CirclingWagons said:
I thought he meant "closer" as in "closer to being good", but maybe I'm wrong.
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Desslar said:
Vanderjagt's kick would have only been good if the goal posts were located outside of the back right corner of the end zone.
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PressCoverage said:
Yeah. Plus, Wildcard and Conference games get remembered as well, but, for the most part, Divisional Round games don't. Probably because it's usually a fait accompli (80% of home teams win).
You know, Vanderjagt gets at least 9 dome games per year, and the Colts generally drive fairly close to the end zone. If you replaced him with a merely decent kicker with a strong leg, you could probably get very close to his accuracy numbers and massively upgrade his kickoff distance. Then you wouldn't have freaking Jose Cortez occupying an additional roster spot. It's not really a concern now, but it will be if they ever want to develop depth.
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CirclingWagons said:
i stand corrected... :goof:
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i hate when the kicker gets all the blame for a loss. even in vinatieri's case, which is the opposite, really, he doesn't and shouldn't get all the credit. the colts should not have let themselves get into that position, and a 46 yarder isn't a gimme, even indoors.
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Roman529 said:
that should be good. i think that the comments vanderjagt made about manning a few years back had some validity, but he should have kept them to himself. he's gonna get a lot for this...