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I voted Dimke. He has a live leg, is pretty accurate and reliable, and will get better.
Graham is past his prime, and has been cut by several teams. There must be a reason.
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I voted Dimke. He has a live leg, is pretty accurate and reliable, and will get better.
Graham is past his prime, and has been cut by several teams. There must be a reason.
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I think Payton's had it with him, but I think he will have a good career.
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If they're tied my vote goes Graham. I'd literally be spraying **** all over the place if the NFCCG came to a game ending field goal with Dimke trotting out there
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I am so, so, so tired of the kicking carousel. I want Dimke to win the spot and for us to never need another kicker for the next 10 to 12 seasons.
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There's only one way for a young guy to become a vet...
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Give me the younger stronger leg. I just hope he sticks around for more than a couple of seasons and the Saints have to look for yet ANOTHER kicker. 
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Hope this was a joke. It means something that not a single one of the 32 teams even brought him in to camp.
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I was doing research on kickers for FF draft. Graham has one of the lowest career FG %'s of any starting kicker in the NFL, around 86%. The top 5-6 kickers all average between 92% and 95%. Surprisingly, most of these kickers kick outdoors.
As we remember from 2009, clutch FGs are essential to get to the SB. I voted for Dimke, but putting a rook under the type of pressure he will face as the Saints kicker is a real gamble. I suspect that unless Graham just crashes, SP will go with the proven commodity.
As we remember from 2009, clutch FGs are essential to get to the SB. I voted for Dimke, but putting a rook under the type of pressure he will face as the Saints kicker is a real gamble. I suspect that unless Graham just crashes, SP will go with the proven commodity.
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Where are you getting those numbers from? These are all time percentages:
NFL Career Field Goal % Leaders | Pro-Football-Reference.com
<table data-crop="50" data-freeze="20" class="stats_table nav_table"><tbody><tr class=""><td align="right">1.</td> <td>Mike Vanderjagt </td> <td align="right">86.466%</td> <td align="right"> 1998-2006 </td> <td align="right">2TM</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">2.</td> <td>Nate Kaeding </td> <td align="right">86.190%</td> <td align="right"> 2004-2012 </td> <td align="right">2TM</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">3.</td> <td>Robbie Gould (32)</td> <td align="right">86.029%</td> <td align="right"> 2005-2013 </td> <td align="right">chi</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">4.</td> <td>Steven Hauschka (29)</td> <td align="right">85.965%</td> <td align="right"> 2008-2013 </td> <td align="right">3TM</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">5.</td> <td>Rob Bironas (36)</td> <td align="right">85.663%</td> <td align="right"> 2005-2013 </td> <td align="right">oti</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">6.</td> <td>Stephen Gostkowski (30)</td> <td align="right">85.597%</td> <td align="right"> 2006-2013 </td> <td align="right">nwe</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">7.</td> <td>Shayne Graham (37)</td> <td align="right">85.467%</td> <td align="right"> 2001-2013 </td> <td align="right">10T</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">8.</td> <td>Matt Bryant (39)</td> <td align="right">84.818%</td> <td align="right"> 2002-2013 </td> <td align="right">5TM</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">9.</td> <td>Phil Dawson (39)</td> <td align="right">84.461%</td> <td align="right"> 1999-2013 </td> <td align="right">2TM</td> </tr><tr class=""> <td align="right">10.</td> <td>Connor Barth (28)</td> <td align="right">84.167%</td> <td align="right"> 2008-2013 </td> <td align="right">2TM</td></tr></tbody></table>
You were looking at 1 year numbers, not career. The highest is career percentage is 86.4% (minimum number of kicks attempted of course)
For instance last season Matt Prater lead the NFL with at % of 96.2%, but for his career he is 81.6%
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This seems like one of those times people think the grass is greener on the other side. Dimke is completely unknown. Graham doesn't look like a bright spot but we literally have no idea how dimke will play
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Ouch...Dimke 1/3 today...Graham 3/4 including a 55 yarder. I may need to change my vote. There are only 32 NFL place kicker jobs in the world. You would think we could find someone who is automatic inside of 50.
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Today was Dimke's worst day of camp so far.
Not a good sign for a young kicker trying to win a job from a vet not to make the 50+ kick but Graham did.
Not a good sign for a young kicker trying to win a job from a vet not to make the 50+ kick but Graham did.
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Co-signed. I've been waiting for that with Taylor Melhaff, then Hartley. I don't really care who it is at this point as long as it's not an end-of-career journeyman.
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I think they should let one kicker have all kicking duties on Friday and the other the following week.
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Not sure where you got your stats, but I just went to ESPN Stats for 2013 and actually the number of Kickers who kick 92% or above was almost 2 times what I said for career. It was 11 last year that average 91.7% or more. 91.7 rounds out to 92.
2013 NFL Player Kicking Stats - National Football League - ESPN
-Prater
-Hauschka
-Suisham
-Bailey
-Zuerlein
-Gostowski
-Tucker
-Scobee
-Novak
-Carpenter
-Folk
Then again, ESPN is suspect, so if the stats you found are actually more accurate than these, my point is NULL! We all want the same thing Brother - a MONEY FG kicker for the Who Dats!
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