[hinckley buzzard]

Condiff had a great season. He just choked. Couch potatoes have no grounds for criticizing.

[MCH]

Condiff had a great season. He just choked. Couch potatoes have no grounds for criticizing.

Nonsense. Ravens special teams have ranked near the bottom in all categories this year, and Will "Wheaton" Cundiff hasn't been able to kick his way out of a wet paper bag EVER, much less this year. Number one priority in the draft this year is to get a decent kicker and cut this inconsistent loser loose.

[bigheadfred]

Couch potatoes have no grounds for criticizing.

You must not be a big Boise State fan. Udderwise you would have seen the great humor in my post.

And beingst from Idaho, I know what a couch potato is. That is what happens when she unzips you and your crotch potato (to make you appear more manly) falls out, ruining the mood, and you end up sleeping on the couch. With your potato.

[Junior_G]

Couch potatoes have no grounds for criticizing.

Why not? Those couch potato fans are the reason why someone like Cundiff can earn millions of dollars for kicking a ball. NFL players get paid well enough to handle any criticism that comes their way for poor performance.

[Alberta's Child]

There was an interesting little back-and-forth on a NYC sports talk radio show last week about placekickers. The caller was trying to make a point about how important it is to have a kicker who is reliable in these types of last-minute game-changing situations, and the host had an interesting perspective. He said he was never comfortable with any kicker in a situation like this, and that you can throw a kicker's track record and talent right out the window when the game is on the line. At best you are looking at a crapshoot if a playoff game ever comes down to a clutch kick like this.

He cited the example of Minnesota's Gary Anderson in the 1998-99 NFC championship game against Atlanta. That seasson, Anderson had been the first kicker in NFL history to go an entire season without ever missing a kick: 67 of 67 on extra points and 39 of 39 on field goals.

And yet when it came down to a key point late in the game, he missed a 38-yard field goal that would have put Minnesota ahead by 10 points late in the 4th quarter. Atlanta tied the game and then won it in overtime.