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Was Caleb Sturgis bad or did the offense just put him in bad positions?
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A percentage of 85% for a FG kicker is marginal. Anything less than that is bad. Sturgis had a 76 which is freaking abysmal.
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He wasn't good. That said the real reason his percentage was so low was that we didn't give him a lot of chip shot opportunities. Our offense was good in the red zone.
He also had one 50+ attempt that was entirely on the coach, and not him. That was when we asked him to kick into the windy end of Heinz Field from 51 yards or so, even though only about 3 field goals have ever been made from 50+ yards into that end of the stadium.
So while he wasn't good, he also wasn't terrible. My bigger concern is that his kickoffs were not impressive.
He also had one 50+ attempt that was entirely on the coach, and not him. That was when we asked him to kick into the windy end of Heinz Field from 51 yards or so, even though only about 3 field goals have ever been made from 50+ yards into that end of the stadium.
So while he wasn't good, he also wasn't terrible. My bigger concern is that his kickoffs were not impressive.
Wheres all the posters that wanted Carp gone? Where are you?
I do understand you cannot draft a kicker in the 5th and sit him.
But, I am going to do what I admonish many of you for doing.
I am going to proclaim that I was RIGHT about the kicking competition last camp and I was the one that reminded this forum that carp has the record for the longest field goal in Dolphin history.
I would happily enjoy Carps return to camp and lets see who wins this time.
I do understand you cannot draft a kicker in the 5th and sit him.
But, I am going to do what I admonish many of you for doing.
I am going to proclaim that I was RIGHT about the kicking competition last camp and I was the one that reminded this forum that carp has the record for the longest field goal in Dolphin history.
I would happily enjoy Carps return to camp and lets see who wins this time.
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Carp was extremely overpaid considering his struggles on kickoffs and long field goals in 2011 and 2012.
Sturgis gave us about the same amount of performance for a lot less money.
Thats fair but still even taking that one kick away he is still only at 78%. For him to be conisdered reliable he needs to raise that by 10 percentage points.
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If he had attempted ten more gimme field goals (20-29) as our opponents did, he would have raised it by 10 percentage points. You want to look at his percentage by distance and not his overall percentage, as the volume of short attempts will heavily skew that number upward.
Sturgis was not good, but he also wasn't lousy. If our offense hadn't been very good in the red zone, he would probably have been about an 82% kicker.
That and the missed FG vs.Baltimore crushed him psychologically. He never recovered and kicking is about 90% mental. Thus, he sucked this year. If he can collect himself and shorten his memory in misses, he can be extremely good. However, mental fortitude is critical for a kicker and he is looking very weak in this area right now.
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The number 1 kicker??? Broncos Matt Prater. The number 2 kicker???? Seattle Steven Hauschka. Both of them are on the Superbowl!!!!
Dan Carpenter was on the money this year and Sturgis SUCKED. Maybe he will improve next year, but a 5th rounder should be money on his first year!!!
Dan Carpenter was on the money this year and Sturgis SUCKED. Maybe he will improve next year, but a 5th rounder should be money on his first year!!!
It wasn't about how many he missed, but more about WHEN he missed them. He missed some critical ones.
The Baltimore game. He had his first miss of the season after going 11 of 11, then he kicks it out of bounds.
He also had one 50-yard attempt that was so woefully off it ended up about 20 yards to the left of the uprights...and I think that kick was at home in good weather conditions.