Graham Gano has to Go !!

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by rypper11

Was today "acceptable"?

Made huge kicks. Missed a couple really hard ones.

4/6 including the game-winner. I'd take it.

No one in these threads seem to remember our poor excuse for a longsnapper.

[hooskins]

Need the Red Snapper.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Still can't believe he missed the one at the end of regulation, the turf might have been to blame. I do like how he came back and nailed the one in OT with authority though.

I swear the snap on that kick at the end of regulation was not good. I could have sworn that the ball was really low to the ground and coming sideways to Hunter Smith. And the Redskins did a terrible job at getting Gano a shorter field goal try before the half ended.

I'm not saying Gano is a great kicker, but he did enough to get us the win. Should he do more? Yes. But so should the offense who fails to score time and time again, and settles for FGs.

[MTK]

meh, if the ball gets set the kicker has to make it. I think too much is being made of the snaps this year. Gano just didn't get enough mustard on that one for whatever reason.

[SmootSmack]

Shanahan commented today that he wasn't too thrilled with the snaps yesterday

[Dogtag]

Seeing the make-shift O Line yesterday, I would not be too critical of the snaps.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I swear the snap on that kick at the end of regulation was not good. I could have sworn that the ball was really low to the ground and coming sideways to Hunter Smith. And the Redskins did a terrible job at getting Gano a shorter field goal try before the half ended.

I'm not saying Gano is a great kicker, but he did enough to get us the win. Should he do more? Yes. But so should the offense who fails to score time and time again, and settles for FGs.

Yup. The snap was bad, diminishing the practiced fluidity of the holder/kicker combo. I still wish that Gano had made the kick but he was kicking under less than ideal conditions.

[firstdown]

Why is everyone giving him a pass but bashed SS. Gano has an average of 73.1 and SS average around 84% but people wanted him gone.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Why is everyone giving him a pass but bashed SS. Gano has an average of 73.1 and SS average around 84% but people wanted him gone.

Who would you rather have right now?

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Why is everyone giving him a pass but bashed SS. Gano has an average of 73.1 and SS average around 84% but people wanted him gone.

I dunno about others, but for me there are two main points in his favor:

1) he's young, so he can improve

2) his kickoffs have been great in terms of direction and distance. I know one or two have gone out of bounds, but he also has pinned KR's to one side of the field alot, and that is huge.

(and of course there is always the Yo Gano chant, but that doesn't really count)

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Why is everyone giving him a pass but bashed SS. Gano has an average of 73.1 and SS average around 84% but people wanted him gone.

He's missed from 40+, he's got a strong leg & he's young. I think he's missed one under 40 plus a block this year. He's hit a lot of 40+ this year too, some of them pretty clutch like yesterday, also the 49 yarder v. Dallas to put us up 6.

[44ever]

Gano is a good kicker. We would be foolish to dump him just to watch him become another teams gem. We need to keep this guy.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by Dogtag

Seeing the make-shift O Line yesterday, I would not be too critical of the snaps.

What does Sundberg's bad snaps have to do with the OL? He doesn't play OL. Only snaps the ball. Every game. Nothing else.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Why is everyone giving him a pass but bashed SS. Gano has an average of 73.1 and SS average around 84% but people wanted him gone.

Because Suisham missed a couple chip shot field goals that cost us games. The New Orleans one got him cut last season...but I think alot of people, myself included, really blame him for that Seattle playoff game in 2007. There is no way to know for sure if we could have won that game, I mean the final score was 35-14...but his miss was such a huge let down... pretty much from there on out, I didn't like him very much.

Gano is starting to iritate me a bit as well, but all of his misses have been from a pretty long distance. He's a young guy with a strong leg, so for the time being, I want to continue to give him a shot. That 47 yarder yesterday was pretty dissapointing though. I stood up and was screaming Yes Yes Yes and thought he made it... anything under 50 shouldnt come up short.

[Bucket]

I like Gano, and I know he's missed some kicks, but alot of kcikers do unless you have one of the diamonds in the rough.

One of the BEST things about Gano is his kickoffs.. The guy can boot the hell out of a kickoff, and place it inside the nubmers on the left/right side of the field. It makes it difficult for returners to set up a wedge or get a good kickoff return. How many times have we seen Sellers, and Alexander smash someone on kickoff team because the wedge is in the middle of the field and can't get set up for a return?

How many times does the opposing team start inside the 20?

There is more then just FG's, and this really helps our Defense out that gives up alot of yards imo