Saints sign K Cody Parkey (2 Viewers)

[Taker597]

rookie punter

Elite is still Elite

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Elite is still Elite

No elite becomes elite

 

[Taker597]

And still a rookie punter. We'd all still be flaming Payton had Ambush failed. And it very nearly did.

Yet... Payton had all season to work on Ambush and his relationship with Morestead.

They aren't comparable in the slightest to signing a bad kicker and letting a few bad kicks slide till it cost you.

 

[big screen D]

Yet... Payton had all season to work on Ambush and his relationship with Morestead.

They aren't comparable in the slightest to signing a bad kicker and letting a few bad kicks slide till it cost you.

Signing one bad kicker to replace another bad kicker is about all we have since most kickers on the street can be considered "bad". Kickers a largely unknown until their kicks are for keeps.

In any case, he's gone, and let's just hope the temp replacement will be better.

 

[strandedsaint]

"The Doinkster"

 

[Alan12]

Yo Rosas...

 

[Madmarsha]

All our problems are over.

 

[LiterOCola]

It says a lot about the state of the position when people are happy that we've signed Cody Parkey.

Rosas took the bar, and buried it under the ground. Kicking the ball somewhere in the general direction of the goalposts is an improvement now.

 

[44-4ever]

Kicking the ball somewhere in the general direction of the goalposts is an improvement now.

Simply hitting the goalposts would be an improvement right now.
I would be thrilled to see a doink off one of them at this point.

 

[sidwin]

I had lunch with Hartley once. Nice guy. I would honestly rather Hartley give it a go lol

 

[DomePatrol2005]

Elite placekicker? I recall it was a rookie punter.

Yeah really why did I have to keep looking for someone to call him out.

 

[StudioSaint]

And he was elite at kickoffs. One of the best inthe league in touch backs and probably a top 5 punter that season.

Yet... Payton had all season to work on Ambush and his relationship with Morestead.

They aren't comparable in the slightest to signing a bad kicker and letting a few bad kicks slide till it cost you.

Here's the factually accurate history of that onside kick.

It was the first onside kick attempt of Morestead's entire career. The first time he tried an onside kick in practice was the week prior to the Superbowl. Payton had not been working with it or planning for it all season.

The plan to steal a possession through special teams was conceived in the two weeks of practice prior to the Superbowl and it was originally going to be a fake punt, but it never worked in practice. They gave up on that and switched to the idea of a onside kick the week before the Superbowl.

Morestead admitted that he was terrified about doing it and didn't feel adequately prepared for it. Anyone with a strong leg can kick touchbacks. That's more power than technique and finesse. Onside kicks are just the opposite.

Payton was taking a gamble on a play with a low success rate with a player who had never attempted one before. It was a huge gamble and it paid off. It paid off because of a mistake by the receiving team and an incredible effort to recover and hold onto the ball in a pile of players fighting for the ball.

If you have to triple down on misrepresenting the actual history of an event to make a point, then you aren't making a valid point.

That play proves the point that a gamble is considered genius or bold when it works and stupid when it fails. When a coach calls a play they don't have the luxury of hindsight. A lot of fans don't have the insight to tell the difference between hindsight and foresight.

 

[BikesBurgersBeer]

This is a good signing considering the situation. Parkey isn't a terrible kicker and certainly won't miss 3 in a game.

 

[Tater]

This is a good signing considering the situation. Parkey isn't a terrible kicker and certainly won't miss 3 in a game.

Great. The jinx was just let out of the box..

 

[Crazed*Saints*Fan]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO