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What's up with Mare?

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He seems to have trouble kicking when we really need the points most... and for some reason he does worse from 30 yds than he does from 40 + ???

what is up with mare?/ i know he's great on kickoffs but he seems to choke a little in crunch time
 
ummm did u see that turf at foxboro? Mare couldnt even plant his foot, it was horrible
 
IluvSundays said:
ummm did u see that turf at foxboro? Mare couldnt even plant his foot, it was horrible
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dont think u can make that excuse being in the NFL, mare needs to learn to kick in any condition (what if it was december and field was frozen?? or heavy rain??) i mean come on its the NFL cant blame the field. especially after he changed his shoes and then missed another one

patriots kicker 2/2
 
mare is really over rated....i dont like neither have i for the last ummmmm 3 years
 
look all qbs throw ints all rbs fumble and all kickers miss its just the shape of the game. Mare is still solid and has been for years
 
Give Mare some props. Undrafted kicker , working on his 3rd coach, been in the league 10 stress-filled years, making big money at a position that can change every week. How many kickers have come and gone in 10 years? The guy's a survivor. yes, he's been erratic but who, out there, isn't?
 
These "Fire Mare" posts get tiring. Every time he misses a FG the same threads come up again :o
He might be overpaid, but so what. I do not care if he makes 1 or 1.5 mio. He is still not so expensive we can not afford some superstar O-liner or whatsoever.
And when I look at Vinatieri or Vanderjagd this year I am happy to have him.
 
He just had a bad day. He will bounce back. But i have noticed when we really needed the points, he has found a way to miss the kick.

But he is still a good kicker and i am glad he is on our team.
 
i thought mare was playing well besides that stupid kick he had at foxboro which wasnt really his fault. and he still has the leg.
 
The ground gave way under his plant foot in Foxboro, didn't you watch the game? Can't always blame Mare for stuff like that, although he does seem to have difficulty kicking in poor field conditions, like our Marlins infield dirt which I wish they would build a damn stadium for them!
 
you cant blame the guy for field conditions...foxboro was horrible...everyone was fallin down. but i dont have the same confidence when he comes out for a kick that i used to have
 
IluvSundays said:
ummm did u see that turf at foxboro? Mare couldnt even plant his foot, it was horrible
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That was one of the worst fields ever. The Patriots O-line and RB's even complained about it after the game saying they couldn't plant and drive.
 
Has anyone noticed that the field always looks like that in New England? It looked terrible two weeks before that when they were playing Denver. If the ground gives way under his plant foot, then I'm not sure how much you can blame Mare for.

However, he misses too many kicks on the Marlins' infield dirt. I know the surface sucks and the Marlins need their own stadium, but this should be a homefield advantage for Mare. He should practice on the dirt often enough that he is comfortable kicking on it, because he has to deal with it for 2-3 games every year. Remember against New England in 2003 where he missed two chip shots, either of which would have won the game? I don't remember the exact records at the time (I think Miami had one loss, and New England had two, and I know Miami was ahead of New England in the standings), and a win in that game would have been huge. Instead, New England didn't lose another game the rest of the season, and Miami missed the play-offs.
 
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