Thread: Bob Sansevere: Ryan Longwell talks field goals

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

gregair13 wrote:

He will be the reason we beat the Saints, in New Orleans, come January

I hope not. I hope the score isn't even close so we aren't relying on him.

Funny how people soon forget why he was let loose from PUKER land. Short on KO's and couldn't hit the long ones.

Let me go dig around. I read an article a couple of days ago that layed it out pretty good. Outside of 50 he sucked.

Outside of 50 is not a huge measure as that is not asked that often.

Though for shits and giggles ... last season he was SIX OF SIX outside of 50 and he is 8 of 8 over the last two seasons.

So that is a check mark in the box saying he can bang the long ones.

His kickoffs have also gotten much better and deeper this season.

And just to let you know ... in his final season with the Packers he nailed 4 of 5 outside the 50, hardly reason to cut him. It was his 9-15 from 30-49 that got him done in. A number he has turned into 50-59 since joining the Vikings.

His numbers here simply do not back your claims.

Did you read the article? Again, its funny how quickly we forget.

Long story short, the PUKERS let him go because of his KO's and FG's. He did struggle when he got here as well. There is another article out there from a couple of years ago were he credits his improvement to Tiger and some stuff they worked on together.

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

Longwell’s leg benefits from new workouts

For most of his career, sending Longwell out to kick a long field goal was an iffy proposition at best. In his first 11 seasons from 1997-2005, Longwell had made just 14 of 28 attempts of 50+ yards. If he was sent out to try a long field goal, there was just as good a chance that he would miss it as make it. Things were even worse with the Vikings. In his first two years with the team, he attempted six field goals of 50 or more yards and missed five of them.

Marrdro's Comment Follows:
This is the one I was referring to.

It is 2009 ... time to start living in it. He is hitting EVERYTHING outside of 50 for two seasons now.

I hear ya my friend and I give him mad props for improving.

All I'm saying is that if we have a choice, I'd rather rely on the ole Noodle to get a win than I would a close one with the ball outside of the 50 and ole Shortwell.

Marrdro wrote:

i_bleed_purple wrote:

really? because outside of 50 he's been dead on. Franchise record. Glad we grabbed him. I'll gladly take his "short" kickoffs that "only" go to the 5 for his clutch kicking.

LOL, just posted the link. Another instance comes to mind, we were playing the Dolphins and we trotted ole Shortwell out for a long one, camera cuts to Cris (Dead to me Carter) and you see him mouthing......He can't make one that far.....

Course, much to my (and CC's suprise) he made it. :woohoo:

Uh ... that was not Ryan Longwell, that was Gary Anderson in 2002 - a full FOUR seasons before Longwell got here.

Guess your hate means you think Longwell missed the 1998 NFC Championship kick too?

LMAO. I still curse Longwell for missing that kick in 1998 too. Damn Pukers

i_bleed_purple wrote:

Yet in the past 2 years he's 8/8 over 50+ with a 65+ yard average on kickoffs

Again, mad props.

Doesn't alleviate the concern I have over the comment of.......

gregair13 wrote:

He will be the reason we beat the Saints, in New Orleans, come January

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

i_bleed_purple wrote:

really? because outside of 50 he's been dead on. Franchise record. Glad we grabbed him. I'll gladly take his "short" kickoffs that "only" go to the 5 for his clutch kicking.

LOL, just posted the link. Another instance comes to mind, we were playing the Dolphins and we trotted ole Shortwell out for a long one, camera cuts to Cris (Dead to me Carter) and you see him mouthing......He can't make one that far.....

Course, much to my (and CC's suprise) he made it. :woohoo:

Uh ... that was not Ryan Longwell, that was Gary Anderson in 2002 - a full FOUR seasons before Longwell got here.

Guess your hate means you think Longwell missed the 1998 NFC Championship kick too?

Nope, two different kicks.

i_bleed_purple wrote:

LMAO. I still curse Longwell for missing that kick in 1998 too. Damn Pukers

Apparently Longwell missed every kick ever missed by a Vike.

Marrdro wrote:

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

i_bleed_purple wrote:

really? because outside of 50 he's been dead on. Franchise record. Glad we grabbed him. I'll gladly take his "short" kickoffs that "only" go to the 5 for his clutch kicking.

LOL, just posted the link. Another instance comes to mind, we were playing the Dolphins and we trotted ole Shortwell out for a long one, camera cuts to Cris (Dead to me Carter) and you see him mouthing......He can't make one that far.....

Course, much to my (and CC's suprise) he made it. :woohoo:

Uh ... that was not Ryan Longwell, that was Gary Anderson in 2002 - a full FOUR seasons before Longwell got here.

Guess your hate means you think Longwell missed the 1998 NFC Championship kick too?

Nope, two different kicks.

Not with Carter as a Dolphin ... did they pan to Carter sitting in a luxury box or something?

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

midgensa wrote:

Marrdro wrote:

i_bleed_purple wrote:

really? because outside of 50 he's been dead on. Franchise record. Glad we grabbed him. I'll gladly take his "short" kickoffs that "only" go to the 5 for his clutch kicking.

LOL, just posted the link. Another instance comes to mind, we were playing the Dolphins and we trotted ole Shortwell out for a long one, camera cuts to Cris (Dead to me Carter) and you see him mouthing......He can't make one that far.....

Course, much to my (and CC's suprise) he made it. :woohoo:

Uh ... that was not Ryan Longwell, that was Gary Anderson in 2002 - a full FOUR seasons before Longwell got here.

Guess your hate means you think Longwell missed the 1998 NFC Championship kick too?

Nope, two different kicks.

Not with Carter as a Dolphin ... did they pan to Carter sitting in a luxury box or something?

LOL, did I say Carter was a Dolphin?

My point was that the Saints kicker is worse. I didn't think the whole forum was just going to rag on the guy that is going to kick us to the superbowl.