Interesting Grant Mahoney Stat

[Dave19642006]

can we get more points if he kicks from 50+ yards? <sarcasim>

 

[intrepid27]

Mahoney is not missing kicks, he is having his kicks blocked. There is a big difference. Snap, hold, angle, trajectory have all been fine. He need the interior line to Block and not give ground.

Unless you guys expect him to kick curve balls around the rushing defensive lines hands...

That was true on Saturday vs NU. However, at KSU game the player who blocked was not even close to line of scrimage. Kick was low. First Extra pt at KU was a shank despite good hold and snap. Another miss at KU was a bad snap and I can't remember 3rd miss. Sorry.. some of this has to do with Grant.:sad:

 

[jbhtexas]

You can't do that. Then you get them blocked around the edge. There's a reason they do 7 yards.

Most NFL extra points are kicked from the 10-yd line. The line of scrimmage is the 2-yd line, which is an 8-yard drop. If it was easier to block kicks with a deeper drop, the NFL wouldn't be doing it.

The issue is that you make the snapper have to learn snaps of different lengths, and the timing for the kicker becomes different.

 

[hort4cy]

Maybe he should just kick the long field goals, and use another kicker for extra points and chip shots. Just an idea.

Didn't we try that once, let's not do it again.

 

[CarolinaCy]

That was true on Saturday vs NU. However, at KSU game the player who blocked was not even close to line of scrimage. Kick was low. First Extra pt at KU was a shank despite good hold and snap. Another miss at KU was a bad snap and I can't remember 3rd miss. Sorry.. some of this has to do with Grant.:sad:

Right, he was only using his teammate as a springboard to jump 12 feet in the air. Totally Grant's fault for kicking it right at that 6"x 12" window that was obstructed by the KSU player's hand.

 

[copenhagen]

those two blocks didnt bother me much as far as

Mahoney being at fault, the line however needs to stiffen up.

 

[Go2Guy]

First to do it in one season. Shudak made 5 in his career, and Giffords made 3.

Giffords was the best kicker I have ever seen, despite Shudak having better numbers; Alex G weren't too shabby.