for now i am going to apply the kareem hunt rule when it comes to our new kicker.
botched the first, he will be game money the rest of the way? :-)
i must say it is weird seeing the fans in the screen shots of the new kicker. the old one always was shown with nothing but grass behind him. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
It was an amazing kick, and I say that without hyperbole. With those winds, I didn't think we should attempt a kick that long. He drilled it.
That's the thing about Butker - he's such a good ball striker.
This isn't a guy like Santos who was fairly precise but still kinda feathered or pushed/hooked the ball through.
Butker is a big guy and he's fit. He !@#$ing legs that ball through. Just absolutely drills it. So even in the wind, he puts such force behind the ball that the wind almost doesn't have time to really impact it.
We've seen guys struggle kicking in conditions the entire post-season. Meanwhile Butker's kicked a frozen rock against Miami, in swirling winds against Buffalo and on a wet field in Baltimore - none of it mattered.
The guy just strikes the ball as well as anyone I've ever seen. While other guys are going out there throwing curveballs to get batters out, Butker's just bringing the hot, stinky cheddar. [Reply]
The only way the 49ers win this game is a blowout.
That's it.
All the factors that go into a really close game with one side winning at the end favor KC. The better HC, Defense, QB, Kicker, and secondary. So either the 49ers get a ton of turnovers and run up the score or they lose. [Reply]
Originally Posted by CupidStunt:
I assume that includes regular season. I wonder what his last like 10 kicks or so in the playoffs look like? Or the last couplefew playoff runs. Not just % but distance and situation. He's been so damn clutch late in games, and even at the end of the 1st half.
Game winners in last years AFCC game and the SB are a couple kicks that come to mind. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rausch:
The only way the 49ers win this game is a blowout.
That's it.
All the factors that go into a really close game with one side winning at the end favor KC. The better HC, Defense, QB, Kicker, and secondary. So either the 49ers get a ton of turnovers and run up the score or they lose.
Shoulda known it was over when they couldn't break it open in the first half...
Oh, does anyone have a comparison of their two SB end zone celebrations??? [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
That's the thing about Butker - he's such a good ball striker.
This isn't a guy like Santos who was fairly precise but still kinda feathered or pushed/hooked the ball through.
Butker is a big guy and he's fit. He !@#$ing legs that ball through. Just absolutely drills it. So even in the wind, he puts such force behind the ball that the wind almost doesn't have time to really impact it.
We've seen guys struggle kicking in conditions the entire post-season. Meanwhile Butker's kicked a frozen rock against Miami, in swirling winds against Buffalo and on a wet field in Baltimore - none of it mattered.
The guy just strikes the ball as well as anyone I've ever seen. While other guys are going out there throwing curveballs to get batters out, Butker's just bringing the hot, stinky cheddar.
Dude busted out the 1 wood from 57 yards. Who DOES that? Who can kick a ball that flat, that far?
