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

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  • @wargograw said:

    I've seen too many incredible teams lose big games because the resident dork couldn't execute literally the only thing he has to do.

    but who's fault is that? the kicker that sucks or the coach that overlooks that aspect of the game?

    i mean just ask jim harbaugh and jimbo fisher along with all the other dopes that don't realize special teams play a HUGE importance of a football game.

    no field goals? how about no punts or kickoffs after a TD?

    so you can cut your roster by like 20 players. you have 4 downs and if you can't make it ten yards the other team takes over at that spot? cool.

    where are you living now, flippin mars?

    @miktoxic said:

    but who's fault is that? the kicker that sucks or the coach that overlooks that aspect of the game?

    i mean just ask jim harbaugh and jimbo fisher along with all the other dopes that don't realize special teams play a HUGE importance of a football game.

    no field goals? how about no punts or kickoffs after a TD?

    so you can cut your roster by like 20 players. you have 4 downs and if you can't make it ten yards the other team takes over at that spot? cool.

    where are you living now, flippin mars?

    To answer your first question: the kicker.

  • to answer the last question, surely he does....

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  • @baconhound said:

    Sebastian Janikowski would beat the shit outta many NFL players

    You guys equate "this guy is a bigger badass than myself" with "this guy is a bigger badass than NFL players" way too much.

    @wargograw said:

    You guys equate "this guy is a bigger badass than myself" with "this guy is a bigger badass than NFL players" way too much.

    I get the "I will argue my point with rhetoric" idea but Janikowski is 6'1 260 with a history of bar room brawls. I'd go out on a limb and say I could kick Travis Benjamin's ass.

  • Maybe, but he definitely could not catch it...

  • Maybe, but he definitely could not catch it...

    @tour2ma said:

    Maybe, but he definitely could not catch it...

    No doubt, guy is a burner. If he was 3 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier we'd have our clear #1.

  • The Soldier said:

    "non athletes"? I would say they are as much "athletes" as some of these linemen anymore. In fact, much more so.

    Lotta kickers out there benching 500 pounds that we don't know about?

    @wargograw said:

    Lotta kickers out there benching 500 pounds that we don't know about?

    That's just a dumb post, it's way below the intelligence level of most your posts. Ordinarily you seem pretty rational. How many elite QB's are benching 500 lbs? Should we eliminate passing too??
  • Maybe our badass WRs could get a bit tougher so they didn't fumble every other possession

  • @wargograw said:

    You guys equate "this guy is a bigger badass than myself" with "this guy is a bigger badass than NFL players" way too much.

    I get the "I will argue my point with rhetoric" idea but Janikowski is 6'1 260 with a history of bar room brawls. I'd go out on a limb and say I could kick Travis Benjamin's ass.

    @baconhound said:

    I get the "I will argue my point with rhetoric" idea but Janikowski is 6'1 260 with a history of bar room brawls. I'd go out on a limb and say I could kick Travis Benjamin's ass.

    No, you couldn't. He's from Miami. Auto-loss for you.

  • to answer the last question, surely he does....

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    @calfoxwc said:

    to answer the last question, surely he does....

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    Does hippieville Austin count? 😛

  • @wargograw said:

    Lotta kickers out there benching 500 pounds that we don't know about?

    That's just a dumb post, it's way below the intelligence level of most your posts. Ordinarily you seem pretty rational. How many elite QB's are benching 500 lbs? Should we eliminate passing too??

    @jcam222 said:

    That's just a dumb post, it's way below the intelligence level of most your posts. Ordinarily you seem pretty rational. How many elite QB's are benching 500 lbs? Should we eliminate passing too??

    You want to compare the hits quarterbacks take and the things they have to do and know with a guy whose only job is to kick? OK...

    Quarterbacks are some of the toughest guys on the field. I wouldn't want to take those blindside hits from pass rushers with bad intentions.

  • Fact Kicking takes skills & adds to the game. The Onsides Kick.. Ask Jets & Colts got close.

  • Without a kicker you'd see the browns get beaten 24 to 0 a lot.

  • Without a kicker you'd see the browns get beaten 24 to 0 a lot.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Without a kicker you'd see the browns get beaten 24 to 0 a lot.

    21*-0

  • (or, more likely, after going for it on 4th down, 28-0)

  • @the-cysko-kid said:

    Without a kicker you'd see the browns get beaten 24 to 0 a lot.

    21*-0

    @gftchris said:

    21*-0

    Yeah my bad