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WillH · 01-22-2008, 08:30 PM

I have to give Suisham some love. I criticized him early in the year and said he would lose us a game at some point by missing 40+ yard field goal. While there was a game or two that one of his missed FG could have drastically changed the final moments of a game, no game was directly lost on one of his FG misses. So I was wrong. When I criticized him, however, I also said that he was the best kicker we have had for a while, that he was young, and that even if he cost us a game or two this year, he was still worth keeping around. So, in all, he exceeded at least my expectations for this year, and he deserves alot of credit. Heres to a consistent kicker that could possibly be here for quite awhile.

I do wish his kickoffs were a bit deeper though . . . . can a kicker improve their distance at this level, or is what you see what you get at this point? Id like to think that being young he may still have room for improvement, but I guess only time will tell.

01-22-2008, 08:30 PM	#8
WillH The Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,592	Re: This puts our kicker into perspective I have to give Suisham some love. I criticized him early in the year and said he would lose us a game at some point by missing 40+ yard field goal. While there was a game or two that one of his missed FG could have drastically changed the final moments of a game, no game was directly lost on one of his FG misses. So I was wrong. When I criticized him, however, I also said that he was the best kicker we have had for a while, that he was young, and that even if he cost us a game or two this year, he was still worth keeping around. So, in all, he exceeded at least my expectations for this year, and he deserves alot of credit. Heres to a consistent kicker that could possibly be here for quite awhile. I do wish his kickoffs were a bit deeper though . . . . can a kicker improve their distance at this level, or is what you see what you get at this point? Id like to think that being young he may still have room for improvement, but I guess only time will tell.