Graham Gano has to Go !!

Retarded bump.

Like I have said, Gano is horrible. And yes, I would take Novak in an instant over Gano, no questions. The guy just cannot be counted on, not even in the simplest of kicks. Dependability is a paramount trait when you kick the ball. He isnt dependable. When your whole team is on edge when you go to kick a 35 yarder, or just a 29 yarder, there is something wrong. He isnt an NFL caliber kicker, sorry. You can defend the guy all u want, but if his ass would have gotten the 2nd blocked fg up today, as well as if he didnt shank the first attempt, then we wouldnt of needed a chip shot game winner. Win the game he did not. He was just very very lucky that we didnt come out of the contest with a Loss in spite of his horrid play. And yes, his play so far this season has been absolutley atrocious. I cannot believe people want this bum retained on this team after the way he has been playing at the end of last year and so far this year. Seriously, I cannot believe there is ONE person defending this bum.


Cut him, likle I said before, there has to be one person on the waiver wire with just as much upside, well, id take an unknown at this point. Gano simply cannot be trusted.

Wow, a lot of anger. Sorry, but I am not the only one "defending" him seems like many posters are looking at the kicking situation rationally. How do you know he was going to miss the blocked field goal? Is he supposed to block for his own FGs too?

Just because you or any fans are uncomfortable when he kicks doesn't matter. The team doesn't pick and cut kickers based on fan opinion and comfort. He is the best option right now, despite what you may think. Also let's take a quick gander at Novak's stats vs. Gano's (not including this week).

Graham Gano - Washington Redskins - Career Statistics - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/9526/career;_ylt=AnG69erhKGiXlt7e_RTGAff.uLYF)

Nick Novak - San Diego Chargers - Career Statistics - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7505/career;_ylt=AnG69erhKGiXlt7e_RTGAff.uLYF)

His stats are better in almost all categories, namely FG percentage (70 vs. 63.3). Are you going to present some substance to back up your position or are you just going to make qualitative claims with no basis beside the fact you don't feel comfortable with him kicking?

You can defend the guy all u want, but if his ass would have gotten the 2nd blocked fg up today, as well as if he didnt shank the first attempt, then we wouldnt of needed a chip shot game winner.The block was not Gano's fault, Carriker blew his blocking assignment....which you can't do when you've got a 6'8" guy in your inside gap.

Retarded bump.

Agreed. It would be like me bumping a cut Dhall thread after Week 1 last year.

So he missed a FG, (like no kickers miss them) he also redeemed himself and hit the game winner. CASE CLOSED!!

So he missed a FG, (like no kickers miss them) he also redeemed himself and hit the game winner. CASE CLOSED!!

This. He's not the best in the league, but he's a pro kicker. The number of balls he gets for touchbacks is valuable in and of itself.

The block was not Gano's fault, Carriker blew his blocking assignment....which you can't do when you've got a 6'8" guy in your inside gap.

Apparently Gano should have kicked it so hard that the pure force drove Cambell through the goal posts along with the ball.

So he missed a FG, (like no kickers miss them) he also redeemed himself and hit the game winner. CASE CLOSED!!

He didn't miss a field goal, Carriker (app it was him) let 6'8 (Lemme repeat that again for emphasis: 6'8) Calais Campbell through his gap at which point Campbell blocked it. I was as pissed as anyone about it, but that's not on Gano. The second half kickoff was on Gano, but he's not the first kicker to boot one out of bounds before, and he won't be the last. He also made the kick that won the game for us. And we also don't know that anyone currently available is better, and if Gano has one thing going for him, it's his ability to completely eliminate returns by kicking it out of the back of the endzone. So yes, this thread is retarded.

Retarded bump.

Not only is it a retarded bump, but it's a retarded arguing point. Some of you kids don't get the fact his FG was blocked, not missed due to him shanking it or hitting the upright. Not sure why you guys are foaming. The guy won us the damn game. Really, some of you fools need to start smoking weed, get laid, take a few shots or 20 and chill the hell out. News flash: WE WON! We are 2-0 and won a game today we normally would have lost.

Not only is it a retarded bump, but it's a retarded arguing point. Some of you kids don't get the fact his FG was blocked, not missed due to him shanking it or hitting the upright. Not sure why you guys are foaming. The guy won us the damn game. Really, some of you fools need to start smoking weed, get laid, take a few shots or 20 and chill the hell out. News flash: WE WON! We are 2-0 and won a game today we normally would have lost.

Thank you!! There are no other available kickers as good as Gano and he is getting better. We finally found a good kicker and people want to cut him for who? Mortensen? Yepremian? Stenerud?