Graham Gano is becoming a problem

[chknwing]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Celebrate for 24 hours maybe before worrying about what's wrong?

That's not so much to ask, is it?

its SMF, it's what he does.

[pantherphan96]

49 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

No, sorry, not all kickers are struggling with the PAT.

 

It's becoming a trend where we're having to dig in deeper and hold on for dear life because Gano can't do something like hit an extra point or a 43 yard field goal.

i mean i would love for Gano to be automatic but he has been money when we have needed him to be. all his misses are from 40+, with at least one of them being blocked due to terrible blocking by the OL.

[propagandamachine]

We are 8 - 0 ... He's the best Kicker in the League right now. 

 

Our Babies can do no wrong ... just get better. 

[neverlosethefeeling]

The common rhetoric regarding kickers this year has been "either you have one or you don't." As far as I'm concerned, we have one. 

[the butch]

The dude is pretty inconsistent. But who else is there?

[Ruff]

3 hours ago, Eazy-E said:

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

Gano misses way too many field goals. I have no confidence in him. Sure he will make more than he misses, but we need him to be more reliable than what he is now. He missed many field goals last year too.

[SOJA]

I agree. The last two games have been closer than they should have been because of his mistakes. By the same token he has won us games. I think he can clean it up by the playoffs 

[Panthers8969]

for the most part i trust him. 

[Servant of Cthululelei]

He also hit two long field goals in OT against the Colts.  Dude is better than average.  As far as I know, he's never missed more than one kick in a game this season.

[strik9]

6 hours ago, thomas96 said:

I'd love to upgrade him to an elite kicker like Gostkowski. I'd also love to upgrade our WR group to Odell Beckham, Amari Cooper and Stefon Diggs... Gano is good enough and won't be losing us games. Missed FGs or not our defense can't play the way it has late and expect to win in the playoffs. I'm confident that won't become a regular occurrence though. CJ back will be huge for our pass rush and run defense and for fresh legs late in the game on that D line. Can't overlook the Titans and Redskins but really glad CJ should be back for the big game against Dallas who'll have Romo back and will probably be competing for the sh(tty NFC East playoff spot.

Really I'm enjoying the season, but this kinda sums up my worries. With that said I'm stoked to be 8-0. Really proud of our Panthers. Kudos gentleman!

[Jmac]

With some of our epic collapses  in the second half of the game, they need all the points they can get. Can't leave any points on the field (this includes wide open td's also). Seems that Gano misses one for everyone he makes lately 

[KSpan]

4 hours ago, Jmac said:

With some of our epic collapses  in the second half of the game, they need all the points they can get. Can't leave any points on the field (this includes wide open td's also). Seems that Gano misses one for everyone he makes lately 

Gano is 16-20 (80%) on the year with a long of 52. Kickers were right around 84% last year (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/sports/football/for-most-nfl-kickers-its-up-and-its-good-nearly-all-the-time.html?referer=), so his deviation may or may not be statistically significant. 2 of those misses were blocks, so if he only makes 1 of those he's right at the average. Not concerned at this point.

[Devil Doc]

Lets call in Josh Scobee, I heard he is an great kicker looking for a job :)