Aight guys....didn't wanna do it...but I'll start stretching.........

 

I don't even know why he's still on the team.

 

How the **** does this kicker keep getting injured?!

 

Poor fitness regimen is my guess.

 

No, no we don't need a shoo-in for Maynard's position(s).

 

Are you suggesting this great hulking mound of manhood isn't getting his vitamins?

 

He's got a good chance of losing his spot on the roster because of this I think.

 

Sign him. Now.

 

I was very willing to give him his shot instead of Carpenter, but now we need to move on and bring someone else in.

 

If this means he gets cut then I'm good with it.

 

He's basically a goner. The coaches feel like they can't trust him. And now his chances for earning that trust back are dwindling.

 

letting carpenter go and drafting sturgis...boy did ireland fu&6 that one up...what a moron.

 

Wish we could've done better than both these guys. But ya I'd rather have Joe Dirt back.

 

No, I seriously doubt that's the case. He has had injuries going back to college. The team took a chance at drafting a kicker high with his injury history. They lost. They may have felt Carpenter's salary and probably the fact that he was part of the old regime maybe had written his fate.

Sturgis was the real deal in college, where his coach even said he had wished he had another year of elegibility. I had a feeling this "leg injury" would rear it's ugly head again. Miami needs to have a Plan B, and like last year. Really sucks because with the new rules, the kicker may become a more important player on the team.

 

That's why we paid him...

[video=youtube;ULW1AI_e2Sc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULW1AI_e2Sc[/video]

 

We need a new kicker.

 

Sturgis to miss is a recurring theme, Rizzi supposedly hand picked Sturgis to replace Carpenter, who was going to be a cap casualty, and that has worked out like dog pooh for yrs now.

To me, think for the team is a good thing now the "drafted kicker" can have replacements have a real shot at landing the job.

 

Way I see our ST unit is we have some elite ST type pieces in Denny/Fields/Landry, Paysinger offsets the loss of Trusnik, but FG kicking is so key in this league, Sturgis had a great run half way through his rookie yr then fell off of the cliff

 

We had so many of Ireland's bums here stealing money....thankfully Tannenbaum got rid of a ton of them, we still have some of Ginger's holdovers who've basically been picking up their paychecks with masks and gloves on...Sturgis, Dallas Thomas, Jamar Taylor, Will Davis, Dion Jordan, even Koa Misi with his 4.5 mil cap hit this year, too much for him. Good chance they'll all be gone in 2016 though, so that's good news.

 

Not a lot of free agent kickers out there who have had any success. Jay Feely (who's 39) and Shayne Graham (who's 37) are about it.

 

That guy sucks

 

Rizzo knows what a weapon Sturgis can be when healthy.

But yeah, he's gonna have to put ol' Yeller down...

 

If this season even partially gets derailed by lack of kicking, particularly considering the new extra point, I'm gonna blow a gasket...special teams has killed us in some key moments for YEARS...not just the last few, but several.

Seems like the team don't "really" worry about a major area or two a year...STs is there a lot. Then again its still pretty early, so we have a chance to see what type of urgency gets applied here.

 

from 0-39 yard sturgis has been money... so if the new extra point is 40+ i think we are screwed...... still need a new guy though.

 

Biggest difference is the speed at which the kick takes place. In Rugby or soccer a player taking a set piece kick will have up to a minute to prepare and then he takes his time with an long run up and unhurried action. NFL Kicking is done in the teeth of a rush.

If you take some of the Aussie AFL punters like Darren Bennett or Sav Rocca, those guys can easily put the ball 80 plus yards with no rush, but against a rush they're in the 40-50 range

 

:lol: I swear, after seeing this sturgis pic the first image that came to mind was this:

 

Yeah, with Sturgis, I think that our impression of him is colored by some misses in big situations. Overall, looking at his stats, I don't think he has been as bad as we think he has been. Realistically, he was at 50% from 50+. He was at 80% for 40-49 in '13, but that dropped to 60% in '14. Granted, I don't really follow kickers, so I'm not entirely sure how that ranks against other kickers.

 

Rizzi is the one that doesn't trust Sturgis. Off the record.

 

I am not sure but I want Miami to bring Dustin Hopkins in..He is available.

 

From day one, Sturgies has been "Dewey" to me.

 

Hes in New Orleans camp battling our last years challenger Hocker...so far Hocker is winning the battle so maybe theyll cut Hopkins loose

 

Oh,my nad...I thought that they released Hopkins already. Thanks for the update.

 

No Problem...we shoulda signed him after Buffalo let him go smh. I begged for it

 

Is Ryan succop still out there? id call him asap

 

he was never in the game before the injury...
we need a kicker more than a right guard at this moment in time.