The Official Cut Durant Brooks Thread

[SeasonTicketHolder]

Originally Posted by hooskins

I like how none of you guys responded to mine or enternal's post.

So what, he can catch the ball?

[cpayne5]

Blaming the loss on a punter when there were 3 TOs seems somewhat silly to me.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by SeasonTicketHolder

So what, he can catch the ball?

Are you kidding me? Catching the snap and positioning it before a field goal kick is much more important than a short punt.

The Rams didn't get any pts directly off Brooks punt, and his hold from a bad snap helped up get points.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Blaming the loss on a punter when there were 3 TOs seems somewhat silly to me.

Thank you. At least a cut Kendall thread would make more sense(I dont think we should, just joking!)

[SeasonTicketHolder]

Are you kidding me? His shitty punts all day set them up in our territory more than once.

[Smooter]

I'd rather have a few muffed punts than not being able to count on field goals and extra points.

[SeasonTicketHolder]

Yeah but it's not like Brooks is the only guy that can catch a snap.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Frost was better, he was always consistent and never shanked any punts....

This kid's a rookie, if he doesn't improve towards the later part of the season, get another punter for next year. For better or worse, he's our punter this year.

frost might have been better,but never shanked any punts?he was good for at least 1 shank a game up to last yr,he was better last yr,but he did occasionally shank them

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by SeasonTicketHolder

Are you kidding me? His shitty punts all day set them up in our territory more than once.

All day? So you ignored the good punts he had? The one that landed at the two? Oh yeah, that doesnt count. LOL please.

Also, no one took the kicks to the house, and our D did well. Sure Brooks needs to work on his stuff, w.o a doubt but I dont think you cut him right now. I love this forum sometimes, I wish the mods would ban some of the people here for not being "knowledgeable fan". It would make the Path a heck of a lot better.

[LMsexyAO]

Originally Posted by Smooter

I'd rather have a few muffed punts than not being able to count on field goals and extra points.

I guess you haven't been watching many games but remember when Suisham missed a 30 yard field goal because of Durant not being able to get the snap down? Remember Zorn ripping his head off on the sidelines? Yeah, he's costing us field position AND points

[hooskins]

he fixed that today and held fine for the FGs and XPs

[Bushead]

He's not punting consistently. He's a rookie. Its not like, though, he's fucking up the 'skins big time.

[LMsexyAO]

Originally Posted by hooskins

All day? So you ignored the good punts he had? The one that landed at the two? Oh yeah, that doesnt count. LOL please.

Also, no one took the kicks to the house, and our D did well. Sure Brooks needs to work on his stuff, w.o a doubt but I dont think you cut him right now. I love this forum sometimes, I wish the mods would ban some of the people here for not being "knowledgeable fan". It would make the Path a heck of a lot better.

Okay I'll give it to him, he has ONE GOOD PUNT. Over the last three games his kicks have DIRECTLY cost us two touchdowns and a field goal. He had a bad hold earlier this season that cost us 3 more points.

Did he have any other good punts today? One, maybe two. How many horrible ones did he have? Several.

If "no one took the kicks to the house" is the standard of a punter in the NFL these days, then by all means, don't cut him, he didn't have a punt returned for a touchdown for the first time in 3 weeks. He's improving!

I'm sorry if I'm not a "knowledgeable fan" for wanting more out of my punter than you.

[hooskins]

Dont get me wrong, I think it is a problem. Is it the main problem? IMO, I don't think so.

Bigger issues:
-the offense not getting off the ball(score efficiently and early), and being consistent for ALL FOUR quarters.
-Finding out who we are(identity)
-Zorn's ability to lead this team after losing to the worst team in the NFL

[SeasonTicketHolder]

Originally Posted by hooskins

All day? So you ignored the good punts he had? The one that landed at the two? Oh yeah, that doesnt count. LOL please.

Also, no one took the kicks to the house, and our D did well. Sure Brooks needs to work on his stuff, w.o a doubt but I dont think you cut him right now. I love this forum sometimes, I wish the mods would ban some of the people here for not being "knowledgeable fan". It would make the Path a heck of a lot better.

Yeah, I'm not knowledgeable because I don't always look at the good in things. I never said we should cut him anyway. He had one good punt and the rest were lousy. But hey, he can catch the ball for a field goal attempt. WOW, that makes him great.