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well, he DOES want to retire a Saint...
I picked Mehlaff was one of my two kickers in the FBG contest early and forgot to remove him when he didn't make the team. Happy about this potential move. I figured the NO kicker "should" put up some really great numbers indoors and with that Off.
and put Gramattica on IR...
You must have missed the Saints losses to Denver and last MNF against the Vikings. There are a lot of people who care about this. Plus FF wise you have a dome kicker on a high scoring offense. If you are hurting at kicker Melhaff will be a better option than a lot of kickers. He has a pretty strong leg compared to Gramatica, he lost the battle in training camp but that was before all the misses that cost the Saints games.
Well the Saints faired well bringing Gramatica in replacing Orlando Mare. That was when Mare couldnt make a kick and when Gramatica had his head right. Kickers can be streaky, the great ones like Morton Anderson excluded. If Melhlaff makes the most of his opportunities you couldnt ask for a better kicking situation.
Also keep in mind that placekicking wasn't really the problem in preseason, it was his kickoffs. He was very inconsistent, and would periodically shank a kickoff out of bounds.
Good to know, thanks Mike
Was being sort of sarcastic - I totally get it. I just don't see how anyone on the Saints is a top 12 kicker right now. Unless you are in a huge league. They either score TD's or turn it over - plus play from behind a lot and forego FG's..
Oddly enough there have been opportunities. Gramatica just blew them. 3 FG attempts monday night and he made 1 of the 3. If he had nailed all 3 plus the extra points on top of that it could have been a decent FF score. If you put a kicker with more range in that position you may be looking at even more opportunities. The Opportunities have been there because the Saints have been stalling on some drives due to penalties etc. So you at the very least need to put this situation on your radar.
The Saints are already #8 in terms of potential kicking points (FGA*3 plus XPA*1). Throw in the fact that Colston and Shockey will be returning in a few weeks -- not to mention the fact that they play in a dome -- and the Saints kicker has serious potential to be in the top-5.
(no, seriously)
