What positives should we build on?

[MTK]

If Suisham hits a good majority of the rest of his kicks, 80% or better let's say, I would hope that would make people happy that we possibly could have a long term solution.

I don't think we've seen enough of him yet to completely write him off. You never know, he could be the next David Akers and I don't think we want to make that mistake again.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

If Suisham hits a good majority of the rest of his kicks, 80% or better let's say, I would hope that would make people happy that we possibly could have a long term solution.

That's what I'm afraid of, we don't need false hope from such a pivotal position.

I don't think we've seen enough of him yet to completely write him off. You never know, he could be the next David Akers and I don't think we want to make that mistake again.

I guess I'd rather not take that chance again. We will likely have a team bound for the playoffs, not a rebuilding team. We don't have the luxury of waiting for a cheap kicker to show up. Why not spend the extra 1 mil for a sure thing?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jsarno

That's what I'm afraid of, we don't need false hope from such a pivotal position.



I guess I'd rather not take that chance again. We will likely have a team bound for the playoffs, not a rebuilding team. We don't have the luxury of waiting for a cheap kicker to show up. Why not spend the extra 1 mil for a sure thing?

That's the attitude that so many fans have been pleading against for years now, to stop constantly looking for something better when we have a perfectly capable player right under our nose. It's not completely crazy to think that perhaps Suisham could develop into a quality kicker.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That's the attitude that so many fans have been pleading against for years now, to stop constantly looking for something better when we have a perfectly capable player right under our nose. It's not completely crazy to think that perhaps Suisham could develop into a quality kicker.

I am only subscribing to that theory for the kicker position. We have had too many years of trying to find a kicker and only the injury prone Hall was our answer. I have no problem having patience in any other area, but not kicker. Kickers don't get good until they have a lot of seasons under their belt (in most cases). It's not like finding a stud wr for 500k a season vs a stud free agent wr for 7 or 8 mil a year. The highest paid kicker is only around 2 mil a season, so we could easily pick up a Brown (for instance) for 1.5-1.8 mil a season, and we would have NO worries. Why not sure up that area for only 1 mil a season?

Also, you are assuming he is perfectly capable. I say it's a 30% chance he can be the capable guy we are looking for. That's a small percentage.