Fascinating story on emergence of K Wil Lutz (1 Viewer)

[Bayareasaint]

Love John, but there was that extra point in Jacksonville when I almost tore a hamstring...

I'm not sure that I'll ever forget where I was that afternoon!

 

[Rugger]

excuse me if I don't hang my hat on a rookie kicker immediately. He's gonna have to make some FG's before I even halfway trust him.

31 of 46 field goals at Georgia State, capped off by a disappointing 12 of 19 performance as a senior.

This kind of performance won't be good enough regardless of the entire paragraph of excuses after that.

Did you trust Forbath? Or Hocker? He is kind of an out of nowhere player, but I personally have been dying for a competent, long term kicker. I hope we finally found the answer to our kicking woes.

 

[Freshcakes]

I'd rather them swing for the fences and find a long term answer than keep shuffling thru
mediocre kickers like forbath Barth or any of these bums available

You either sign an established guy which will cost a lot
Or you find a gem

 

[St.Fury]

For the record, less than a week ago, half the board was criticizing CSP because they weren't comfortable with our kicker situation, when we got the news that Barth was cut and we were going with Forbath. Going with Forbath was a poor decision in many of our fans opinions. Now, letting him go and going with a younger guy was a mistake according to some of those same people. I won't pretend to know if it is or isn't. But I'm willing to let it play out.

 

[0rion]

Did you not read the article on the type of training he received from nfl gurus
Over the offseason ? From experts in the field.

That alone should make his college stats moot.

Whether he succeeds or not is another question but
College stats are useless.

that worked out so well for Teabow right? Where's he starting at this week? You guys blindly jump on board of every player we sign. It's the reason there's still closets filled with jerseys that never get worn. This guy has not proven a single thing to me. A homer article isn't going to change that......only some made field goals are going to do that. He may be the next Morten but until he starts kicking in games no one knows what he's going to be.

 

[HouseCall]

And his first 3 seasons with Saints weren't so great either.

Good point. The only difference is that back then, coaches suffered through the growing pains and a great kicker emerged. Now, coaches cut a guy after one or two missed kicks, so by the time they are seasoned, they've played for half a dozen teams and get the reputation as a "journeyman". If Payton likes this guys potential so much, hopefully he'll stick with him if things get rough at some point.

 

[Mikie17]

Hopefully the guy can come in and give us some stability at a revolving position we had for some time now. It would be to believe John is blowing smoke about this kid because he seems like a good guy, so I wish Wil Lutzwell.

 

[Raymond]

So as long as McCowan is not the holder we should be alright.

 

[crosswatt]

that worked out so well for Teabow right? Where's he starting at this week? You guys blindly jump on board of every player we sign. It's the reason there's still closets filled with jerseys that never get worn. This guy has not proven a single thing to me. A homer article isn't going to change that......only some made field goals are going to do that. He may be the next Morten but until he starts kicking in games no one knows what he's going to be.

Why do you care? I mean seriously. What possible benefit is there to you or anyone else to try and dismiss other people's hopefulness about a potential long term solution to multi-year position question?

 

[ASaintFerLife]

/end thread

lol

 

[mdharper]

And his first 3 seasons with Saints weren't so great either.

Are you kidding? His first season, he started out as a kickoff specialist and long-range kicker. He didn't get the chip shots. Toni Fritch did.

It took a little while for the Saints to figure out but inside 40 yards, Andersen was money. Back then, that was unheard of, and a 35 yard field goal attempt was like a 50 yarder now.

Andersen raised the bar and now everyone expects what he accomplished.

 

[Eman5805]

Must've been a helluva workout.

Way the ball came off his foot, the velocity...

I think the fact that we won't be punting from the 40 yard line anymore is why we signed our kicking Uruk-hai, Lutz.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

that worked out so well for Teabow right? Where's he starting at this week? You guys blindly jump on board of every player we sign. It's the reason there's still closets filled with jerseys that never get worn. This guy has not proven a single thing to me. A homer article isn't going to change that......only some made field goals are going to do that. He may be the next Morten but until he starts kicking in games no one knows what he's going to be.

Would you rather have Forbath and flip a coin if he's going to make it? Not me, I'll take Lutz and see what happens.

 

[St.Dan]

Are you kidding? His first season, he started out as a kickoff specialist and long-range kicker. He didn't get the chip shots. Toni Fritch did.

It took a little while for the Saints to figure out but inside 40 yards, Andersen was money. Back then, that was unheard of, and a 35 yard field goal attempt was like a 50 yarder now.

Andersen raised the bar and now everyone expects what he accomplished.

To round that out even more, Andersen was leveled by a St. Louis Cardinals special teamer on his first-ever kickoff and was injured for much of the rest of that shortened season. He was fine the following year, when he nailed three last-second or eventual game-winning FGs. Not sure what that other poster was talking about, with that "next three years" bit. Pressure kicks through the uprights outweigh overall percentages any day.

 

[Suavecito8]

I am not sure how to feel about this kicker but we shall see. Like they told us in the Marines "expect the worst and hope for the best."