The official Cade York #nohomo man-crush fanboy topic

Dutch Oven

@mddawg said:

I would put his missed 54 yarder to coaching, distance wasn't the issue. After missing the 48 yarder Pfeiffer should've advised him how to correct it in case he kicked from that side of the field again.

Here's a secret to special teams:

Special teams coaches know a lot regarding the entirety of special teams, with the exception of kicking the football.

Most kickers in the NFL get next to no instruction on how to kick field goals from their special teams coaches. How many special teams coaches are ex-kickers?

Canton Dawg

@dutch-oven said:

How many special teams coaches are ex-kickers?

Good question, so I looked it up.

I only saw 2 former place kickers listed as special team assistant.

Tampa Bay has Chris Boniol & LA Chargers has Chris Gould.

Nero

Definitely the kicking is an almost exclusive talk between kicker, punter/holder and long snapper.

I remember hearing Pat McAfee, who was a kicker in College and punter/holder in the pros, giving his opinion on wind etc to Vinatieri whenever he had to kick for the Colts.

nickers

@ghoolie-always-ghoolie said:

He needs to be "coached" as to how to kick a fucking field goal? Ah yes, I can hear that conversation now. "Ah, try.to kick the ball between those yellow thingys."

"How To Pinch A Loaf" For dummies:

hoorta

@ghoolie-always-ghoolie said:

He needs to be "coached" as to how to kick a fucking field goal? Ah yes, I can hear that conversation now. "Ah, try.to kick the ball between those yellow thingys."

True, but there's some technique to do so. Damn, you just made me take a crash refresher course in high school geometry. @ 54 yards away those 18.5' wide goal posts substend an angle of about 6.5 degrees. It doesn't take much to miss at that distance.

FWIW, York wasn't drafted just for his accuracy in college, he also has a cannon leg. That missed field goal had 60+ yard distance. It wasn't so long ago kicks from that far out were in NFL record range.

MHO? Kickers are getting too good. Get to the 40 and you're now in field goal range. LOL, can't move the goalposts back any farther, they may have to start shrinking them down to area ball width.

nickers

We just need the damn kicker to make them weather they are 50 yards or ten yards... Points are the bottom line...

Nero

@ghoolie-always-ghoolie said:

Larry, it is indeed amazing. I still to this day do not understand how a soccer style kick is done.

As a Spaniard, I find this interesting, since it is a common technique here.

But don't you ask me to throw a baseball or a football, I have no freaking clue

Dutch Oven

Phil Dawson went 8-12 his rookie season (1999).

Of his ten field goal attempts between 30-49 yards, he only made six. He attempted no 50+yard kicks.

Nero

@ghoolie-always-ghoolie said:

In the beginning I thought they kicked with the inside of their foot. I still really don't get it.

I believe they kick with the inside part of the top of the foot, closer to the beginning of the big finger (idk its name).

Kicking with the top of the foot means you can accompany better the movement of the ball upwards, while kicking with the inside adds accuracy, and allows you to kick with your body sideways thus using your hips full range of motion, which is the key difference. When you kick with straight hips you are using almost exclusively your leg. Football kicking lets you use not only your hip but also the back and the rest of the body to create inertia.

I'm no expert, but I hope I could explain the phenomenon.

gumby73

@dutch-oven said:

Phil Dawson went 8-12 his rookie season (1999).

Of his ten field goal attempts between 30-49 yards, he only made six. He attempted no 50+yard kicks.

this ^^

and the Bagels, higher drafted kicker Evan McPherson was far better in his 2nd season.. lets see how far/where Cade's kicks travel in the cold ️