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Tradition aside, would you protest the NFL if they eliminated placekicking?

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  • No, it's not easy, and they're wimps, so they shouldn't control the outcome of the game.

    @wargograw said:

    No, it's not easy, and they're wimps, so they shouldn't control the outcome of the game.

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

  • @wargograw said:

    No, it's not easy, and they're wimps, so they shouldn't control the outcome of the game.

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

    Zombo said:

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

    Then there's that as well..

  • No one talks to their friends about kickers for a reason. Their skill is purely fundamental. Why do we let these no-contact, non-athletes decide almost every game?

    @skippinturtles said:

    No one talks to their friends about kickers for a reason. Their skill is purely fundamental. Why do we let these no-contact, non-athletes decide almost every game?

    Well, it is after all still called FOOTBALL. And the last time I looked, kicking still involved the foot.

  • It's a very strategic part of the game. You don't have to bench 500 pounds to be considered an athlete, either.

  • It's a very strategic part of the game. You don't have to bench 500 pounds to be considered an athlete, either.

    @bbedward said:

    It's a very strategic part of the game. You don't have to bench 500 pounds to be considered an athlete, either.

    Exactly....check out the fitness levels of race car drivers.

  • for me, it would mean lower scoring, more boring games.....with much less excitement in the last 2 minutes.....the threat of a score from the 40 or a last second fg adds a lot to the game....

    wouldnt change a thing....except maybe bring back the drop kick...😉

    and yes, I think kickers are athletes....

  • What? And take away from all the kids in America to stop practicing kicking between the trees & over the Power lines. Come On Man!! We can't stop making kids Dreams. we take enough away 😁

  • What? And take away from all the kids in America to stop practicing kicking between the trees & over the Power lines. Come On Man!! We can't stop making kids Dreams. we take enough away 😁

    @gumby73 said:

    What? And take away from all the kids in America to stop practicing kicking between the trees & over the Power lines. Come On Man!! We can't stop making kids Dreams. we take enough away 😁

    and another kids thing....No more Punt, pass & kick?...maybe go with the punt pass and block?

  • @wargograw said:

    No, it's not easy, and they're wimps, so they shouldn't control the outcome of the game.

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

    Zombo said:

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

    Even if we accept all your premises as true, that's still an anomaly across this league.

    You also have a guy that's taken sacks all his life, goes through practice with the team (instead of off to the side with a Camelback full of vodka), has to study a ton of film, and has a ton of skill. This in addition to the summer camps and individual training that he would have in common with Coons. Coons just overcomes some nerves and swings his leg. Occasionally on kickoffs he has to do it to one side. No comparison.

  • Zombo said:

    Our punter and our kicker are both bigger than our backup QB and could probaly take him in a street fight. I have no doubt, CoonDawg could.

    Z

    Even if we accept all your premises as true, that's still an anomaly across this league.

    You also have a guy that's taken sacks all his life, goes through practice with the team (instead of off to the side with a Camelback full of vodka), has to study a ton of film, and has a ton of skill. This in addition to the summer camps and individual training that he would have in common with Coons. Coons just overcomes some nerves and swings his leg. Occasionally on kickoffs he has to do it to one side. No comparison.

    @wargograw said:

    Even if we accept all your premises as true, that's still an anomaly across this league.

    I don't think so. Probably a lotta other teams' kickers could whip our back up QB in a street fight.

  • I meant most couldn't beat up their own backup QB, but hey, never pass up an opportunity to bash a Brown.

  • I meant most couldn't beat up their own backup QB, but hey, never pass up an opportunity to bash a Brown.

    @wargograw said:

    I meant most couldn't beat up their own backup QB, but hey, never pass up an opportunity to bash a Brown.

    Just saw a window for a joke. Not seriously bashing anyone.

    All joking aside l'm cool with the placekicking aspect of the game. I guess l'm just used to it and l like anticipation of it all, and respect the skill involved.

    And really, the point about how a small finesse guy can be the saviour of a group of gladiators has a certain irony to it. Irony is fun, right?

  • Field goals are worth three points, TDs are worth double. If you don't want to kick it to win the game then you should probably use those gargantuan linemen to actually score points. It's not just kickers that are small, look at Travis Benjamin out there, he's even smaller than the kicker... probably Gabe and Hawkins too. It's not the size of the dog in the fight...

  • It's up to the big gnarly athletes to get into range . . . We all saw how easy that was last week.

    The only real problem I had with kicking in football was the fact it could decide OT, but I feel the new rules helped that problem.

  • What? And take away from all the kids in America to stop practicing kicking between the trees & over the Power lines. Come On Man!! We can't stop making kids Dreams. we take enough away 😁

    @gumby73 said:

    What? And take away from all the kids in America to stop practicing kicking between the trees & over the Power lines. Come On Man!! We can't stop making kids Dreams. we take enough away 😁

    who ever could kick it over our barn/boat shed won the day.

    nfl is taking away too much as it is, now someone suggests this. fuck that noise.

  • Damn right Mik...Off the school bus, food, homework, get the gang & go Ballin & yes have your ass home when the street lights come on.. Get your America back America..

  • Why not eliminate the 6 points for a touchdown?

    Just issue participation trophies, so nobody wins, and nobody loses.

    Then trolls would have no reason to come here and stink up the board.

    And, during the game, on every play not a touchdown, they could just line up,

    and the captains of each team on offense...could just roll dice, and as long as they roll

    a double, they get double participation points. But the team with more participation

    points, would lose a turn until the other team catches up....

    Well, that would make all the pansies happy.

    Our country is just headed in a bad direction. Old school ROCKS - it's time tested,

    blood sweat and tears tempered, a couple of centuries to build it.

    Well, dropping the extra is just plain stupid.

  • A team winning because the other team's kicker missed a FG is much closer to participation trophy than a team actually having to win with their gladiators.

  • Fundamental part of the game. I enjoy the kicking aspect.

    Z

    Zombo said:

    Fundamental part of the game. I enjoy the kicking aspect.

    Nailed it...

    @mudfly said:

    wouldnt change a thing....except maybe bring back the drop kick... 😉

    It is still a thing, isn't it? I know Fluties kicked one for the Pats IIRC a while ago.

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Just saw a window for a joke. Not seriously bashing anyone.

    Agree... a serious bash would have worked "the gf" into it somehow.

  • Is the game decided by the kicker or the QB and offense who have gone 60 yards down the field to get into range?

    It's of course the latter.