Kicking game
October 20th, 2018 at 9:44 PM ^
Kid has a BIG leg...but he’s having major mechanical issues. I don’t ever remember seeing this much inconsistency In how he strikes the ball. Even on extra points. It’ll be Scary if it comes down to a field goal to win a game for us...
October 20th, 2018 at 9:44 PM ^
In the immortal words of Peyton Manning - “Idiot kicker.” Kid needs to get his head out of his ass.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:31 AM ^
Love the keyboard warriors throwing personal insults at kids on this board. Go back to the basement and hug your waifu, bro
October 20th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
Something's up, no doubt. He's been so bad the last couple weeks, I am leaning toward an injury being the root cause. It could be mental, but I don't think guys in their head look that bad. Agreed that the bye week is coming at a good time. Get some rest, get some treatment if he truly is hurt, then get ready for PSU.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:51 PM ^
his talent has gone to his head... check out his vaughn charlie sheen haircut... this kid needs to be humbled and hopefully today did it.... had he been somewhat reliable, today would have been a program killer for msu... we'd have blown them out 40-0... and dantoni whispers of being canned, and their recruiting would take hit, and spiral...instead we had four drives with no points, and their td had something to do with it, too.
cant wait to hear valenti next week...
October 20th, 2018 at 9:54 PM ^
How many times can you write this today before you realize you have no idea what you’re talking about?
October 20th, 2018 at 10:04 PM ^
You listen to Valenti? ROFL
October 20th, 2018 at 10:23 PM ^
Holy crap, you are bat-shit crazy.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
Only self-loathing pissants listen to Valenti. Just saying.
October 21st, 2018 at 1:58 AM ^
Thats the only part of that post you had an issue with??? Really???
October 21st, 2018 at 8:34 AM ^
I listen to him on the way home from work, his M takes are pure garbage and I don't like him, but I think apart from that he's good at his job, which is to get ratings.
October 20th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
Valenti is going to focus on the pregame antics and say Michigan is crap for only winning by two TDs in a trash tornado.
That's if the turd even shows up to work on Monday.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:05 PM ^
I'm around teens all the time. Teacher and father of teens, and I'll tell ya' what, it's vaping. The root cause of our problems and that of kickers is vaping!!!
/ sort of, well mostly
October 20th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
Not even. It's the juuling these days.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
Seems like he has the yips. Even his extra points don't have a normal rotation. Hope he can fix it before PSU.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:51 PM ^
Holds have been bad half the time. Wet field probably didnt help today, but go and watch some of his extra points and field goals and see how bad the holds are.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:11 PM ^
Warming up before the SMU game he was kicking the ball over the net and you'd have needed a ruler to figure out if it was right or left. i don't know what is wrong, but I hope they get it ironed out.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:47 PM ^
Gotta get that young man right. It probably starts with mechanics which then get into his head which then get into mechanics … Those guys need to manage adrenaline and emotions and do just one thing. One really specialized, hard thing. And that is the sum total of my knowledge of kickers.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:47 PM ^
Nordin is in a slump and hopefully he can work it out next week but maybe give someone else a shot. And Wilson replace Evans.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
Good for Chris Evans he has 1 more year. He was amazing in high school. I'm hoping we see that next year. But.....
October 20th, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
I will text Harbaugh about it.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:56 PM ^
He's not just having troubles right now. He has never been reliable.
Moody might get a shot? Good. I hope there is a plan B for the field goal kicker.
October 21st, 2018 at 6:27 AM ^
This is the thing. People act like he’s in a slump but he’s never been reliable whatsoever. Big leg but no consistency.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
got the shanks. needs a swing doctor.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:46 PM ^
Hopefully Quinn can work out what he's having trouble with. He's approached balls flat and seems to not get a good angle on some other approaches. Was hoping the holds were a factor and that could be part of it but there is definitely something there. Maybe as mentioned before he's hurt and we just don't know.
October 20th, 2018 at 11:23 PM ^
I’ve never seen a FG kicker kick the ball like it was a knuckleball pitch.
i don’t know what’s wrong with his form.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
This seems very similar to his slump last year. Kid has a ton of talent, don’t know if he’s injured or just out of sync. Whatever the issue is we need early season Quinn back for the stretch run.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
He doesn’t seem to be striking the ball consistently. Even some of the straight ones have weird rotation.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:59 AM ^
It’s mental. He looks better from the left hash. The right seems to bother him. He needs to get it fixed or step aside
October 21st, 2018 at 5:19 AM ^
If it’s an injury he shouldn’t be out there if it’s making his kicks look that bad. Better off going for it if they don’t trust moody either.
but it’s probably not an injury because he’s still fine on the long ones where he is probably focusing less on each mechanical piece because he has to put more into the kick.
October 21st, 2018 at 8:39 AM ^
The extra point was a bad snap and hold knuckle ball kick. But yea there is something going on obviously. Kids leg is unbelievable, but the ball just doesn’t look right when it comes off his foot. Hopefully they work on it over the next two weeks we are going to need him
October 21st, 2018 at 1:33 PM ^
He hitched on his approach on at least one of them. That could be on the snap and hold or his timing. It's really hard to say, but he didn't look settled and it just didn't look good from pre-snap all the way through. If it isn't an injury thing, you can be sure they'll be putting in tons of reps over the next couple weeks. Really hoping it gets sorted out soon; if it does, with his range, he goes from liability to potential game-changing weapon.