McPherson Perspective

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(10-14-2021, 10:10 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I was pretty shocked to see the number of people that were down on McPherson after the game.  Don't get me wrong, I understand being disappointed he couldn't hit one of the two he missed but saying things like we need a new kicker or he wasn't worth the pick is absolutely absurd.

The 57 yarder I can't fault him at all for.  Yeah, it would have been a fanstatic kick, and it does it get made occassionally.  But I can't rag on any kicker who misses a 55+ yard field goal.

The 49 yarder, well I would like to see him make that.  But guess what?  Guys miss those quite a bit.  I'm not going to go nuts because he missed one of them.  Now if it becomes a reoccuring thing, where's he's missing 45+ field goals all of the time, then I'm going to wonder why we drafted a kicker who can't ever make those.  But missing only one?  That's how it goes for kickers sometimes.

Also, I saw someone say something about him not being as good as Justin Tucker.  I laughed.  You could draft the #1 kicker in the draft each and every year for the next 10 years, and the chances of you finding the next Justin Tucker are probably less than 10%.  He's arguably the greatest kicker of all time.  You can't compare every rookie to him and deem them a bust because they're not as good.

I think everyone just needs to calm down a bit.  The kid has shown to have plenty of leg.  He's made a few big kicks already.  He's only got 3 missed and 1 of them was from from a range where it's missed more than it's made.  Another (49 yarder) was borderline, and another should have been made.  All in all, he's done pretty well.  There's absolutely no reason to sour on the kid.

Just my 2 cents...

I mean, we are in the overreaction society, but I was pretty bummed to see people going after the guy on twitter and such.  

Good to have you back.  Where have you been?  Filming Anchorman 3?