Kicking around some topics; wade says no change at kicker, per DMN cowboysblog
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187beatdown;3126891 said:
What excuses? I didn't make any excuses...
If you mean the holder, he only has one job, too, and that's to get the hold down. McBriar admits he's screwing it up.
When a guy is a great kicker for two years with an established holder and then he gets a new one who has already been taken off the job before and suddenly starts missing kicks, I think the evidence tells you who to blame.
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brett2223;3126903 said:
Elam is only available b/c he's been missing a ton this season, he thinks his technique has been off.
I also saw the kick, and the laces were facing away, not towards the kicker, but the placement may have been off or the ball was still spinning when Folk kicked it, both things McBriar has mentioned were his fault.
But Folk yelling at McBriar reminded me of when Larry Allen went medievel on one of Parcells' scrub kickers went he started yelling at everyone for his umpteenth miss.
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The ball spinning to move the laces away is NOT an excuse...that does not affect the kick whatsoever.
However, IF the ball is not placed exactly where the kicker is expecting it, that is HUGE...the kicker doesn't wait for the ball to go down...he moves with the snap...his plant foot is put exactly where he measured and paced...it's like a golf swing.
Imagine you line up to the golf ball, and in the middle of your swing the ball moves backward or forward or sideways a mere half inch...you are totally screwed.
The football is bigger, but if the spot is an inch or two forward or backward, your swing leg will have your foot making contact higher or lower on the football for less distance and height or lower trajectory. If the spot is an inch or two inches left or right, you're going to catch the ball in the wrong spot and it's going way right or way left.
This happens all the time; sometimes it's the fault of the kicker who doesn't duplicate his steps, plant foot, and leg swing exactly the way he's supposed to do so when in rhythm; sometimes it's because the ball was placed just a little off the mark, but it's way too late for the kicker to change his plant foot or natural leg swing; sometimes the bad snap just throws off the timing and the kicker is early or late or simply off because he's trying to adjust his swing on the fly....it's bad either way.
No way McBriar is going to fall on the sword...he's not paid enough to do that for a kicker who's out of whack....It's probably his fault or Faulk would be struggling with practice kicks as well. Again, I think maybe we should do away with the ball holder thing on the sideline when kicking into the net and make the punter go over there and practice holding the ball out in front of him and placing it down as Folk approaches the net to simulate the real thing a little better. Can't help but establish a little more confidence in the holder as well.
However, IF the ball is not placed exactly where the kicker is expecting it, that is HUGE...the kicker doesn't wait for the ball to go down...he moves with the snap...his plant foot is put exactly where he measured and paced...it's like a golf swing.
Imagine you line up to the golf ball, and in the middle of your swing the ball moves backward or forward or sideways a mere half inch...you are totally screwed.
The football is bigger, but if the spot is an inch or two forward or backward, your swing leg will have your foot making contact higher or lower on the football for less distance and height or lower trajectory. If the spot is an inch or two inches left or right, you're going to catch the ball in the wrong spot and it's going way right or way left.
This happens all the time; sometimes it's the fault of the kicker who doesn't duplicate his steps, plant foot, and leg swing exactly the way he's supposed to do so when in rhythm; sometimes it's because the ball was placed just a little off the mark, but it's way too late for the kicker to change his plant foot or natural leg swing; sometimes the bad snap just throws off the timing and the kicker is early or late or simply off because he's trying to adjust his swing on the fly....it's bad either way.
No way McBriar is going to fall on the sword...he's not paid enough to do that for a kicker who's out of whack....It's probably his fault or Faulk would be struggling with practice kicks as well. Again, I think maybe we should do away with the ball holder thing on the sideline when kicking into the net and make the punter go over there and practice holding the ball out in front of him and placing it down as Folk approaches the net to simulate the real thing a little better. Can't help but establish a little more confidence in the holder as well.
