Kickers?

A forum for the hard core Minnesota Vikings fan. Discuss upcoming games, opponents, trades, draft or what ever is on the minds of Viking fans!

Moderator: Moderators

PacificNorseWest
Career Elite Player
Posts: 2936
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:10 am
Location: Seattle, Wa
x 150

Re: Kickers?

Post by PacificNorseWest »

The season isn't lost. :lol:
User avatar
Raptorman
Hall of Fame Candidate
Posts: 3403
Joined: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:23 pm
Location: Sebastian, FL
x 67

Re: Kickers?

Post by Raptorman »

Ok, this is what's going to happen. Someone will sign Walsh, and in the next 2 years he will be on the winning team of the Super Bowl. You heard it here first. :wallbang:
Vikings fan since Nov. 6, 1966. Annoying Packer fans since Nov. 7, 1966
Purple Martin
Starter
Posts: 196
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:08 pm
Location: The Trees
x 4

Re: Kickers?

Post by Purple Martin »

Iron Lion wrote:
As far as what he's done or what type of person he is, who cares? The only thing sacred is winning.
And that's why you are a Lions fan. :bowdown:
Mothman wrote:... a good completion percentage in a performance like that is like putting lipstick on a pig.
Pondering Her Percy
Hall of Famer
Posts: 9241
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Watertown, NY
x 1117

Re: Kickers?

Post by Pondering Her Percy »

Kidfozzy wrote:Kai Forbath? Gross. :wallbang:
Did you expect Dan Bailey or something?? He was pretty solid the last year or two
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.
-Chazz Palminteri
Pondering Her Percy
Hall of Famer
Posts: 9241
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Watertown, NY
x 1117

Re: Kickers?

Post by Pondering Her Percy »

Image

For anyone saying Forbath is "gross". This just shows you how gross Walsh was. Forbath has been a pretty solid kicker
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.
-Chazz Palminteri
Dmizzle0
Pro Bowl Elite Player
Posts: 581
Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:03 pm
x 51

Re: Kickers?

Post by Dmizzle0 »

Maybe he's gross because he eats his boogers....jk

But seriously I hope this moves helps out both sides. Maybe another team is better for Walsh mindset and Forbath gives us those points that we've been missing.

Question. How is he 0-19 range 100% when hr misses in 2012 and 2014?
Grashopa
Franchise Player
Posts: 484
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:03 am
x 9

Re: Kickers?

Post by Grashopa »

Pondering Her Percy wrote:Image

For anyone saying Forbath is "gross". This just shows you how gross Walsh was. Forbath has been a pretty solid kicker
Forbaths 0-19 % should be 97.8%.

It looks like he is an awesome kicker out to 50 yards, beyond that he drops way off and that really pulls down his average. Made me wonder about if he could consistently kick touchbacks, and it doesn't look like it, he has a career average of 30.6%(walsh is 56.3%).

I liked Walsh's huge leg, but for his career (based on the numbers on this chart) Forbath is 93.6% inside 50 yards, i say that is pretty good.
Formerly AADPFan
HardcoreVikesFan
Hall of Famer
Posts: 6652
Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:28 pm
x 21

Re: Kickers?

Post by HardcoreVikesFan »

So how long until Kai Forbath misses his first extra point? :wink:
A Randy Moss fan for life. A Kevin Williams fan for life.
User avatar
Texas Vike
Hall of Fame Inductee
Posts: 4672
Joined: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:52 am
x 405

Re: Kickers?

Post by Texas Vike »

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:So how long until Kai Forbath misses his first extra point? :wink:
2 years.





With the SB on the line. :oops:
PurpleMustReign
Starting Wide Receiver
Posts: 19150
Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:48 pm
Location: Crystal, MN
x 114
Contact:

Re: Kickers?

Post by PurpleMustReign »

Dmizzle0 wrote:Maybe he's gross because he eats his boogers....jk

But seriously I hope this moves helps out both sides. Maybe another team is better for Walsh mindset and Forbath gives us those points that we've been missing.

Question. How is he 0-19 range 100% when hr misses in 2012 and 2014?
Lol at the boogers comment.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
The Devil whispered in the Viking's ear, "There's a storm coming." The Viking replied, "I am the storm." ‪#‎SKOL2018
User avatar
Raptorman
Hall of Fame Candidate
Posts: 3403
Joined: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:23 pm
Location: Sebastian, FL
x 67

Re: Kickers?

Post by Raptorman »

Dmizzle0 wrote:Maybe he's gross because he eats his boogers....jk

But seriously I hope this moves helps out both sides. Maybe another team is better for Walsh mindset and Forbath gives us those points that we've been missing.

Question. How is he 0-19 range 100% when hr misses in 2012 and 2014?
Who here hasn't done that at some time in their life?
Vikings fan since Nov. 6, 1966. Annoying Packer fans since Nov. 7, 1966
User avatar
Texas Vike
Hall of Fame Inductee
Posts: 4672
Joined: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:52 am
x 405

Re: Kickers?

Post by Texas Vike »

Souhan has a piece on how the Vikings messed up with Walsh.

http://www.startribune.com/enamored-by- ... 401400585/
NFL teams should almost never invest heavily in a kicker. Kickers can go south at any time and for any reason, and few of them are markedly better than those you would sign off the street to replace them.

If the Vikings weren’t going to release Walsh after his missed kick against Seattle, they should have when he demonstrated, after an offseason of fine-tuning and mood-enhancing, that he was unreliable in the 2016 season opener.

If he wasn’t fixed after eight months of preparation, he was bound to cost this team this season.

The most damaging part of the Blair Walsh Project was the contract extension, which cost the Vikings actual money and cap space that could have been used on an actual football player, the kind that needs to be replaced because he has sacrificed a knee, synapse or spleen for the franchise.
PacificNorseWest
Career Elite Player
Posts: 2936
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:10 am
Location: Seattle, Wa
x 150

Re: Kickers?

Post by PacificNorseWest »

Texas Vike wrote:Souhan has a piece on how the Vikings messed up with Walsh.

http://www.startribune.com/enamored-by- ... 401400585/
Was he saying this when they extended him though? Sounds like a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking to me.
User avatar
Texas Vike
Hall of Fame Inductee
Posts: 4672
Joined: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:52 am
x 405

Re: Kickers?

Post by Texas Vike »

PacificNorseWest wrote:
Was he saying this when they extended him though? Sounds like a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking to me.

AKA the Souhan Special? :lol: He's such a know-it-all.
User avatar
Raptorman
Hall of Fame Candidate
Posts: 3403
Joined: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:23 pm
Location: Sebastian, FL
x 67

Re: Kickers?

Post by Raptorman »

PacificNorseWest wrote: Was he saying this when they extended him though? Sounds like a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking to me.
I would have been more impressed if he had written this just after his contract was signed. It's easy to be critical after the fact. If Walsh was 100% this year his contract wouldn't even be and issue.
Vikings fan since Nov. 6, 1966. Annoying Packer fans since Nov. 7, 1966
Post Reply