OT: New England Patriots sign trick shot artist kicker to practice squad.
The Fighting Tom Bradys singed a new kicker, Josh Gable, to their practice squad. Practice squad? We're talking about the practice squad?! Normally that's not noteworthy at all... right until you see this guy call his shot, err kick, time and time again:
Target Practice NO SOUND from Josh Gable on Vimeo.
December 12th, 2019 at 12:00 AM ^
Had to beat the Bills to signing a guy who can hit an upright?
December 12th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
Not impressed, I saw a guy on the Bears hit an upright AND the crossbar. Pfft.
December 12th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
Double doink!
December 12th, 2019 at 1:18 AM ^
Has Brady offered him a guest room yet?
December 12th, 2019 at 4:15 AM ^
That's a strange hobby but pretty epic it got the attention of an NFL team
December 12th, 2019 at 7:45 AM ^
NFL practice squads only have about ten players. I used to think it was another full roster of players. The league sets a pretty low limit. To use a spot on Kickalicious Jr, is significant.
December 12th, 2019 at 5:33 AM ^
This video needs some background sound. I suggest:
Who's the baddest motherfucker of them all?
Just like Columbus, he get the bloodlust.
Just like Columbus he get murderous on purpose.
You got me hurting, uh.
You got me pulling curtains.
December 12th, 2019 at 6:45 AM ^
Looks like he filmed his own highlight reel, so at the very least, the Pat's gained another staff-member with videography skills.
December 12th, 2019 at 7:26 AM ^
Comment of the day, even though it's still early I think it'll hold up.
December 12th, 2019 at 7:00 AM ^
The Pats should really just look to going for 2 every time. With their kicking woes, it only makes sense.
December 12th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
Pats don't have many playmakers. They have Edleman and White catching out of the backfield. Thats about it. They are in a bit of a funk and are looking for a spark.
December 12th, 2019 at 12:01 PM ^
Pretty amazing. Reminds me of two golf trick shot stories- I saw a golf trick shot artist hit right handed clubs-left handed, use a baseball bat with a five iron head stuck in the end, hit a ball sitting in a chair, also kneeling, then hit a ball with a 10’ long club...all at least 175 yards straight down the fairway.
My father-in-law followed a Canadian pro golfer named Moe Norman. A guy challenged him to hit a tetephone pole 150 yards down on the side of a practice tee, hit it three times in a row.
Pretty cool stuff for sure.
December 12th, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
My FIL has a bad neck, and at his age (78), was about to give up golf. Then he watch a Moe Norman video and completely adapted the 'Moe Norman Swing'. Playing his best golf in decades.
December 12th, 2019 at 9:31 AM ^
To spice football up they should award 4 points for hitting the upright, 6 points if you hit the crossbar, and, if you pull off the famed ‘double doink’ you automatically win the game.
December 12th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
That's a great idea, we may be able to beat Ohio State with some of those strategies. I literally laughed out loud at my desk.
December 12th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
Could you imagine trailing OSU by 29 and hitting a double doink late in the 4th to win?
That’d seriously be worth the past 20 years just to see it happen.
December 12th, 2019 at 10:02 AM ^
I'm in favor of the automatic-win condition, but you have to make it a little harder. Both uprights, cross-bar, and through. Even then, it has to come on the last play of the game and your team can only be down by 1 or 2 points.
December 12th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
If you hit both uprights, the crossbar, and it goes through, then the team should just be crowned Super Bowl champs right there.
December 12th, 2019 at 11:02 AM ^
if it goes through, you in anyway.
December 12th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Diabolical, no?
December 12th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Sounds like the Kurt Warner of kickers..... I like this Gable kid....hope he sticks...
December 12th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
Would that spinning football kick count as a drop kick? That would be epic in a game
December 12th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
Interested to see if this works out
December 12th, 2019 at 11:21 AM ^
I want to see him kick in pads... or kick on the field in sunglasses.
December 12th, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
A kicker with a Tomlinson style shaded visor would be a great look. Like a World Series of Poker effect on the kicker.
December 12th, 2019 at 11:24 AM ^
Dag nasty!
December 12th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
Put him in pads with a helmet and 11 guys charging at him in the snow...
Good luck.
December 12th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
You couldn't afford to use a roster slot on an onside-kick specialist, but I gotta think this guy could bounce one into a Dixie cup at onside-kick range 90 times out of 100. Knowing EXACTLY how the ball is going to behave on an onside kick would have to be an advantage.
December 12th, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
Absolutely incredible. No other words.
December 12th, 2019 at 3:03 PM ^
Eligibility exhausted?? I know of a team in Michigan that could use him