Big News 3.0... Joey Slye Extended

[Basbear]

Still holding hope that either Slye or gano will bring a late round pick for trade. Kicking was a giant mess for about 6 teams this past year, so at least demand is up

[PleaseCutStewart]

11 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

He only really "struggled" because the team struggled.  He had a very large amount of 40+ and 50+ yard kicks that no kicker in the NFL was taking.  Our offense was so bad and would regularly sputter out, we'd send in Slye every time we hit the 50 yard line.

Is that the reason he missed a crap ton of PATs and the 20 yarder that he missed against the Saints that put the nail in our coffin for the season?

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Just now, PleaseCutStewart said:

Is that the reason he missed a crap ton of PATs and the 20 yarder that he missed against the Saints that put the nail in our coffin for the season?

Good Call.

Joe Slye is the reason our season was over.  

[PleaseCutStewart]

Just now, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

Good Call.

Joe Slye is the reason our season was over.  

Not sure I would go that far, but he definitely didn't help

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Just now, PleaseCutStewart said:

Not sure I would go that far, but he definitely didn't help

Once again.  I am not saying he is perfect, a probowler, or deserves a 5 year contract.

Only that a 1 year extension with basically no risk doesn't bother me.  Does he need to improve?  Sure.  But he played well enough I could see him improving.

[The Huddler]

those of you who chose to support Gano and to release Butker should never be able to have your opinions matter ever again. 

[MasterAwesome]

11 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

There are definitely people expressing negative viewpoints concerning Slye being signed.  Which is what prompted my initial response.

Who??

Also, you conveniently left out his XP percentage...which is what Gano has been vilified for in the last couple seasons.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

4 hours ago, MasterAwesome said:

Who??

Also, you conveniently left out his XP percentage...which is what Gano has been vilified for in the last couple seasons

I've literally said he needs to get better.  I don't know what else you want me to say.  

[MHS831]

I personally do not get why kickers are such an afterthought in the league. About 1 in 7 games in the NFL are decided by three points or less.  That is more than 2 games per year.   We lost a super bowl because of kickers.  Kasay shanked the kickoff and Vineteri hit the game winner. 

Every week, a game is won or lost by a last second FG attempt. 

I think the K is more important than most FB fans think.  Just my opinion.  Is Slye a guy we can trust to win games? He makes me nervous.  He seems to miss the easy ones and hit the long ones.  I dunno.

[kungfoodude]

14 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I personally do not get why kickers are such an afterthought in the league. About 1 in 7 games in the NFL are decided by three points or less.  That is more than 2 games per year.   We lost a super bowl because of kickers.  Kasay shanked the kickoff and Vineteri hit the game winner. 

Every week, a game is won or lost by a last second FG attempt. 

I think the K is more important than most FB fans think.  Just my opinion.  Is Slye a guy we can trust to win games? He makes me nervous.  He seems to miss the easy ones and hit the long ones.  I dunno.

Because it's pretty easy to cycle through kickers until you find a pretty decent one. There are only going to be 32 FG kickers in the NFL at one time, which means a lot of decent guys are likely to be sitting on the couch. I agree that it is a very important position but the supply/demand makes it a relatively devalued position. 

Not to mention, you will have basically all the college kickers vying for roughly 10 spots every single year. Once a team gets a viable kicker, they don't let them go until they start getting the yips.

[TN05]

Slye is literally a worse version of Gano. The absolute slobbering over him here is delusional. He is a bum and I don’t think a single other NFL team would pick him up if he were cut. He’d go straight to the XFL.

[kungfoodude]

13 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

We need the money from Gano. Hurney gave him a massive kicker contract and he and Sly are about the same

FWIW, the avg. per year for his contract is roughly about the same as the deal Butker signed(although the structure that Butker has is much better). Gano has the third highest kicker contract currently, however. 

We will really not save that much money by cutting him this offseason. If he isn't able to get healthy or it becomes clear that Slye is a better kicker, I would assume the move would be to cut him.

[TheRed]

Why are we still shellacking each other over a kicker with all the concerns we have? We're trying to go younger and rebuild the roster here. What part of that involves overpaying aging kickers? If Slye isn't the guy in 2020 it will be someone else we've brought in to compete on the cheap.

[TN05]

4 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Why are we still shellacking each other over a kicker with all the concerns we have? We're trying to go younger and rebuild the roster here. What part of that involves overpaying aging kickers? If Slye isn't the guy in 2020 it will be someone else we've brought in to compete on the cheap.

Why are you being defensive of Joey Slye, of all people? Are you his cousin or something?