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Greg Zuerlein (1 Viewer)

Seriously though, how amazing is it that every one of us were shocked that he missed a 66-YARDER!

Talk about being spoiled. :lol:

And it looked like it had plenty of distance.

 
Ah well, it had the distance though, he'll get his confidence back in practice. He was flawless before today.
I think the important thing is that he had a bunch of opportunities. If he hits those as he usually does then he would of had a monster day!
That is a good glass half-full way of putting it, as I think we all feared that with Amendola gone, STL would not be the same team in terms of getting him into position.Fact remains, though, that with wind or without, no matter the difference, missing 3 FGs where any one of them could have meant the game for the team will weigh on a kicker, esp. a rookie.GZ is no longer automatic, and should be started accordingly as the season -- and its weather -- rolls on.
 
Ah well, it had the distance though, he'll get his confidence back in practice. He was flawless before today.
I think the important thing is that he had a bunch of opportunities. If he hits those as he usually does then he would of had a monster day!
That is a good glass half-full way of putting it, as I think we all feared that with Amendola gone, STL would not be the same team in terms of getting him into position.Fact remains, though, that with wind or without, no matter the difference, missing 3 FGs where any one of them could have meant the game for the team will weigh on a kicker, esp. a rookie.

GZ is no longer automatic, and should be started accordingly as the season -- and its weather -- rolls on.
I'm starting him every damn week with extreme confidence, GB.
 
the only possible worry is mental problems and I did not like the look on his face after he missed the first. the first miss looked like it was due to the wind, a big burst blew it left when it looked like it was going to sneak in the left upright. the next two were simple pulls and both times his demeanor told me his confidence was low. who knows how he will recover? his postgame quotes weren't totally reassuring but hard to read into them a lot and Fisher seems confident he will bounce back.

the guy will have more opportunities than any other kicker if you get points for long FG's, he's tried 2 60+, 4 50-59, and 6 40-49 in 6 weeks. he has the strongest leg in the league and his accuracy is excellent until the last 2 kicks (one of which was a 66 yarder so tough to fault him too much). literally the only thing to worry about is his mental state, if you think he bounces back he's still clearly the #1 kicker and a rare fantasy weapon at his position.

 
the only possible worry is mental problems and I did not like the look on his face after he missed the first. the first miss looked like it was due to the wind, a big burst blew it left when it looked like it was going to sneak in the left upright. the next two were simple pulls and both times his demeanor told me his confidence was low. who knows how he will recover? his postgame quotes weren't totally reassuring but hard to read into them a lot and Fisher seems confident he will bounce back. the guy will have more opportunities than any other kicker if you get points for long FG's, he's tried 2 60+, 4 50-59, and 6 40-49 in 6 weeks. he has the strongest leg in the league and his accuracy is excellent until the last 2 kicks (one of which was a 66 yarder so tough to fault him too much). literally the only thing to worry about is his mental state, if you think he bounces back he's still clearly the #1 kicker and a rare fantasy weapon at his position.
I'm not too worried about it. As you said, the first miss looked to be due to a strong gust of wind. On his second miss, it looked like he was trying to start it out to the right and let the wind blow it back. It didnt move at all. The third miss was a 66 yarder. I dont think you can read anything into that one other than confirmation that the guy has the distance to hit from about 70 yards out. I think he was just confused with how to play the wind. They should probably fly him somewhere really windy to practice for a couple of days to help him figure that out.
 
Although he missed the 66 yarder, he had the distance, just missed on the accuracy. You gotta love that the coach seems comfortable enough to go for a FG anytime they are on that side of the 50.

Given the team's confidance in him, he will have another opportunity at record breaking distance this season. This guy will break the record this year.

 
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Although he missed the 66 yarder, he had the distance, just missed on the accuracy. You gotta love that the coach seems comfortable enough to go for a FG anytime they are on that side of the 50. Given the team's confidance in him, he will have another opportunity at record breaking distance again this season. This guy will break the record this year.
My concern was with Amedola missing, would St. Louis be able to get into the area needed to kick field goals? I think that question has been answered... As I mentioned previously, if he made the kicks he missed he would of had 21 pts in my league! And that's with him having games of 13,12, and 19 pts in games already this year. In my opinion if someone in your league is fickle and drops him because of his performance yesterday, you better go out and scoop him up because he will definitely have a points advantage over most kickers throughout the year and that point advantage might just win you some games you otherwise would have lost.
 
I started Jason Hanson this week

Still not sure about the wisdom of carrying two kickers (haven't done that in 16 years of redraft), but I'm rock solid with bye weeks covered everywhere else

A kicker

JFC I've made like 18 posts about Zuerlein in different threads/boards - that's about 17 more than most years

 
'Itchy Amos said:
'hines said:
the only possible worry is mental problems and I did not like the look on his face after he missed the first. the first miss looked like it was due to the wind, a big burst blew it left when it looked like it was going to sneak in the left upright. the next two were simple pulls and both times his demeanor told me his confidence was low. who knows how he will recover? his postgame quotes weren't totally reassuring but hard to read into them a lot and Fisher seems confident he will bounce back. the guy will have more opportunities than any other kicker if you get points for long FG's, he's tried 2 60+, 4 50-59, and 6 40-49 in 6 weeks. he has the strongest leg in the league and his accuracy is excellent until the last 2 kicks (one of which was a 66 yarder so tough to fault him too much). literally the only thing to worry about is his mental state, if you think he bounces back he's still clearly the #1 kicker and a rare fantasy weapon at his position.
I'm not too worried about it. As you said, the first miss looked to be due to a strong gust of wind. On his second miss, it looked like he was trying to start it out to the right and let the wind blow it back. It didnt move at all. The third miss was a 66 yarder. I dont think you can read anything into that one other than confirmation that the guy has the distance to hit from about 70 yards out. I think he was just confused with how to play the wind. They should probably fly him somewhere really windy to practice for a couple of days to help him figure that out.
they don't have wind in st louis?anyway, I'm pretty sure there are other kickers in the league who have missed kicks.I'm not too worried about it -- at least he won't be fighting any wind in his home games, which is more than you can say for some of these guys.
 
'Itchy Amos said:
'hines said:
the only possible worry is mental problems and I did not like the look on his face after he missed the first. the first miss looked like it was due to the wind, a big burst blew it left when it looked like it was going to sneak in the left upright. the next two were simple pulls and both times his demeanor told me his confidence was low. who knows how he will recover? his postgame quotes weren't totally reassuring but hard to read into them a lot and Fisher seems confident he will bounce back.

the guy will have more opportunities than any other kicker if you get points for long FG's, he's tried 2 60+, 4 50-59, and 6 40-49 in 6 weeks. he has the strongest leg in the league and his accuracy is excellent until the last 2 kicks (one of which was a 66 yarder so tough to fault him too much). literally the only thing to worry about is his mental state, if you think he bounces back he's still clearly the #1 kicker and a rare fantasy weapon at his position.
I'm not too worried about it. As you said, the first miss looked to be due to a strong gust of wind. On his second miss, it looked like he was trying to start it out to the right and let the wind blow it back. It didnt move at all. The third miss was a 66 yarder. I dont think you can read anything into that one other than confirmation that the guy has the distance to hit from about 70 yards out. I think he was just confused with how to play the wind. They should probably fly him somewhere really windy to practice for a couple of days to help him figure that out.
they don't have wind in st louis?

anyway, I'm pretty sure there are other kickers in the league who have missed kicks.

I'm not too worried about it -- at least he won't be fighting any wind in his home games, which is more than you can say for some of these guys.
They play in a dome.
 
I'm not too worried about it. As you said, the first miss looked to be due to a strong gust of wind. On his second miss, it looked like he was trying to start it out to the right and let the wind blow it back. It didnt move at all. The third miss was a 66 yarder. I dont think you can read anything into that one other than confirmation that the guy has the distance to hit from about 70 yards out. I think he was just confused with how to play the wind. They should probably fly him somewhere really windy to practice for a couple of days to help him figure that out.



they don't have wind in st louis?

anyway, I'm pretty sure there are other kickers in the league who have missed kicks.

I'm not too worried about it -- at least he won't be fighting any wind in his home games, which is more than you can say for some of these guys.

They play in a dome.

Dr. Awesome, this was my first thought also and it was confusing me. However, what I figured was that Kool Aid Larry was saying they could go somewhere OTHER than the dome they play in to kick. Somewhere there in St Louis but outside. They didn't need to fly them somewhere other than St Louis like Itchy Amos was suggesting.

 
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The 66 yarder that he missed hit the net. That means it would have been good from 70+ if it was a few feet straighter. Wow, unreal leg strength. Probably strongest in NFL history.

 
Chalked a few loses up to the fantasy gods. The good thing is he plays in a dome so this won't happen all the time. I only seen the first kick go left 2 inches before the uprights and the second one which look good :shrug:

 
'Itchy Amos said:
'hines said:
the only possible worry is mental problems and I did not like the look on his face after he missed the first. the first miss looked like it was due to the wind, a big burst blew it left when it looked like it was going to sneak in the left upright. the next two were simple pulls and both times his demeanor told me his confidence was low. who knows how he will recover? his postgame quotes weren't totally reassuring but hard to read into them a lot and Fisher seems confident he will bounce back.

the guy will have more opportunities than any other kicker if you get points for long FG's, he's tried 2 60+, 4 50-59, and 6 40-49 in 6 weeks. he has the strongest leg in the league and his accuracy is excellent until the last 2 kicks (one of which was a 66 yarder so tough to fault him too much). literally the only thing to worry about is his mental state, if you think he bounces back he's still clearly the #1 kicker and a rare fantasy weapon at his position.
I'm not too worried about it. As you said, the first miss looked to be due to a strong gust of wind. On his second miss, it looked like he was trying to start it out to the right and let the wind blow it back. It didnt move at all. The third miss was a 66 yarder. I dont think you can read anything into that one other than confirmation that the guy has the distance to hit from about 70 yards out. I think he was just confused with how to play the wind. They should probably fly him somewhere really windy to practice for a couple of days to help him figure that out.
they don't have wind in st louis?anyway, I'm pretty sure there are other kickers in the league who have missed kicks.

I'm not too worried about it -- at least he won't be fighting any wind in his home games, which is more than you can say for some of these guys.
I'm sure that St. Louis is windy from time to time - just like anyplace else. My comment was kind of off the cuff, but my point was that I'd like him to be someplace that's windy today & tomorrow. If that's St. Louis, then fine. Otherwise put him on a plane to Buffalo or Minnesota. Find someplace that's going to be cold, wet and windy and have him work on the entirety of his outside kicking game. Take the full kicking squad for that matter. I wouldn't want this to fester and become and issue. Have him go out and face this problem head on right away. I'd have to imagine that it wouldn't be a big deal for him to have a solo practice or two.
 
FGA's for kickers are like targets for WRs. A 3 pointer 20-39 yarder and a 40+ yard 4 pointer is 70 yards receiving for a WR or RB, and if the 40 yarder is a 50+ yarder it's now 5 not 4 (in most leagues).

I can handle two drops by a WR when he often makes them and I really love it to know he gets open regularly.

Z'lein gets those opportunities, and he really had a great shot at at that 66 yarder, I mean he hit the hell out of it, and in my league that would have been 15 points. The potential is ridiculous.

 
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Glad I stuck with him, the long yardage potential makes him a high upside play every week. Great to see the young guy bounceback. :thumbup:

 

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