@gumby73 said:

Hammer to Buffalo Bills PS as a FA... https://www.si.com/nfl/browns/news/former-browns-punter-jamie-gillan-to-sign-with-the-buffalo-bills 

Good for him... Had to look it up, as a tenured practice squad guy Jamie will make $14,000 a week as long as he sticks. Pays the hotel bills.  Yeah, they only get paid for 16 games max, but if you stretch that out to a year, it works out to over $700,000.   

@nickers said:

Like all young Lad's n' Lasses... I don;t think he drank anymore than his fair share of his peers and colleagues... I thought he was a pretty good young kid.. Never thought of him as a trouble maker but certainly no angel.. He was a good young dude.. I hope he gets on ok...

I think in bygone decades let's say before the 80s they used to party a LOT like it's 1999.  I think that they are more scrutinized now than ever.

And nothing wrong with young guys and gals having fun.....god knows we did !

@mjp28 said:

Hammer ? the parting kicker ?   Did he party his way out of a good paying job and oh so close to locking up an NFL pension ?

I think he might have been a bit injured too something he might not want to talk about...... just sayin'.

Like all young Lad's n' Lasses... I don;t think he drank anymore than his fair share of his peers and colleagues... I thought he was a pretty good young kid.. Never thought of him as a trouble maker but certainly no angel.. He was a good young dude.. I hope he gets on ok...

@atom said:

maybe he was drunk ?

Hammer ? the parting kicker ?   Did he party his way out of a good paying job and oh so close to locking up an NFL pension ?

I think he might have been a bit injured too something he might not want to talk about...... just sayin'.

@orion said:

I say because the hammer is always getting COVID.  And it's only the punter...and he's not doing great anyway...and his fill in was doing fine.   Do ya say bye to the covid factory and keep the family man?

I have no idea what being a "family man" has to do with anything, but if the Browns thought he was putting himself and the team in jeopardy regarding his behavior and contracting Covid, then yes, ciao Hammer of Scottish descent... 

@orion said:

I say because the hammer is always getting COVID.  And it's only the punter...and he's not doing great anyway...and his fill in was doing fine.   Do ya say bye to the covid factory and keep the family man?

I say bye because Colquit is far better at placing the ball deep behind the other team's 20 y.l. The hammer also outkicked his coverage too often without also placing it OOB so it was not returnable.

BTW look who stands at #2.  Only the f'n Browns do this shit.   https://www.nfl.com/stats/player-stats/category/punts/2021/PRO/all/puntingaverageyards/desc

@dutch-oven said:

Well THIS is an intriguing take on the situation... ?

I say because the hammer is always getting COVID.  And it's only the punter...and he's not doing great anyway...and his fill in was doing fine.   Do ya say bye to the covid factory and keep the family man?

@orion said:

Colquitt was doing a nice job.  Perhaps they see him as a better fit also.  A family man.  As opposed to whatever the hammer is.

Well THIS is an intriguing take on the situation... ?

@hoorta said:

And I even have a Scottish Hammer T-shirt.  ? No really, you have to go to the second page of punter stats to find him. 43 yard average, and the top guys are around 48. Don't know what happened to his leg this year.   

maybe he was drunk ?

@bob806 said:

The last 2 kickers we drafted didn't pan out so well (Zane Gonzalez, Austin Seibert). 

Yeah.  We weren't too good at drafting QB's either.  Does Phil Dawson have a son?

@orion said:

We should draft Cade York, LSU - kicker.

Yes something needs to be done there. The last 2 kickers we drafted didn't pan out so well (Zane Gonzalez, Austin Seibert). 

We should draft Cade York, LSU - kicker.

@nickers said:

I had a feeling he was outtie... Thats too bad... on to the next...

I wonder if he will get picked up anywhere ?  An exciting but brief career just below the NFL pension I think.

Exciting for a bit, a hard job to lose !  Picked up $139,602 in incentives in a few years.

Estimated Career Earnings

YEAR	TEAM	AWARDS	SALARY	SIGNING BONUS	ROSTER BONUS	WORKOUT BONUS	RESTRUCTURE BONUS	OPTION BONUS	INCENTIVE	EARNINGS
2019			$495,000	$10,000	-	-	-	-	$60,394	$565,394
2020			$675,000	-	-	-	-	-	$79,208	$754,208
2021			$708,330	-	-	-	-	-	-	$708,330
3 seasons		$1,878,330	$10,000	-	-	-	-	$139,602	$2,027,932
SEASONS	TEAM		SALARY	SIGNING BONUS	ROSTER BONUS	WORKOUT BONUS	RESTRUCTURE BONUS	OPTION BONUS	INCENTIVE	TOTAL CASH
3 seasons			$1,878,330	$10,000	-	-	-	-	$139,602	$2,027,932

@mld-woody said:

Noooooo

Woody's avatar just got the axe.  He WAS an exciting player once.

@westside-steve said:

Don't like that move one bit. Colquitt was sitting on the couch for a reason.

WSS 

Well, I said it in my previous post...  Here ya go Steve...   https://www.nfl.com/stats/player-stats/category/punts/2021/REG/all/puntingaverageyards/desc

Fan Fave Jamie ranks 31st in the NFL in punting average of guys who have more than 20 punts...  And I love the guy... But you're only as good as your last kick.  As Bill Belichick would say "released due to diminishing skills".... I'll take that back (checking)... He wasn't much better last year either.  And our new guy Colquitt wasn't any better in 2020. So we traded one bum punter for another bum punter. Ray Guy he isn't.

FWIW, there's plenty of FG kickers sitting on the couch waiting for the phone to ring too. 

@westside-steve said:

Don't like that move one bit. Colquitt was sitting on the couch for a reason.

WSS 

OK.  But now that can be said about the hammer.

...and I wouldn't feel none too safe if I was the kicker either.

WSS 

The new guy spiking punts inside the 10 didn't help either.

@nickers said:

I had a feeling he was outtie... Thats too bad... on to the next...

And I even have a Scottish Hammer T-shirt.  ? No really, you have to go to the second page of punter stats to find him. 43 yard average, and the top guys are around 48. Don't know what happened to his leg this year.