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Nate Kaeding after another disappointing miss (Courtesy of nfl.com)
Many people will put kicker at or near the bottom of team’s needs during the off-season. This is mainly because people don’t respect what a kicker can do for their team. But after this post-season, I think some teams will have to reconsider their kicker position.
With only two rounds of the 2010 post-season finish, kickers have gone 15/26 (57.69%). In a few situations, their misses cost their team a win. The weird thing is that 6 out of the 8 games played so far have been either indoors or in warm weather. Here are the kickers who brought shame, frustration and disappointment to their fans:
Nate Kaeding is only 8 for 15 for his career in the playoffs. His worst performance was arguably last Sunday’s game against the Jets. Kaeding missed all three field goals after missing only three out of 35 attempts during the regular season. Though one of his kicks were from 57 yards out, it is still disappointing for him to miss all three kicks, especially since he’s going to the Pro Bowl. Will the Chargers cut him because of it? Probably not but his playoff stats are less than All-Pro.
Shayne Graham, Golden Graham, one of the better kickers in the league, missed both field goals in the Wildcard Round. Funny thing is, they were both under 40 yards. Now was this one bad game? We might never know but it was an awful performance. But with Graham’s contract coming to an end, there’s a possibility that we might not see the red-headed kicker in a Bengals uniform next season.
Neil Rackers might have cost his team a chance to move on to the Divisional Round after missing a 34 yarder that would have put the Cardinals up three with 14 seconds left. Fortunately for him, the Cardinals won the game. He went 1 for 3 overall in this year’s playoffs. He is now 6 for 10 for his career in the playoffs. Now does he get cut? I can’t see it happening but when you shank a 34 yarder as bad as he did, you got to question your kicker’s abilities.
We as fans should understand how important a great kicker is. Numerous games can come down to a late game-winning kick. Kickers like Adam Vinatieri have so many teams interested in signing them because of their clutch kicks. Sometimes it’s just an intangible thing that kickers have. Bottom line, the kicker position is more important than people make it out to be.
When I first sat down with Lead Designer Josh Looman to discuss Madden Ultimate team, I was immediately drawn to the concept of Weekly Deals and the infinite number of ways that we could use them to interact with the community. For those of you who are unaware, Josh has the ability to create and upload cards on the fly for the weekly deal feature in Madden Ultimate team, which in turn gives all of you the opportunity to select and set the ratings for players.
How will this work? We will be offering two Wild Card Weekend cards this week that will go on sale Wednesday afternoon. Before the cards go on sale, everyone will have a chance to post their ratings recommendations for these cards in the comments section below. The best part is that if we choose your player rating settings for the card, you will receive that card or the coins to purchase that card for free.
Here are this week’s Limited Edition cards from Wild Card Weekend:
Kurt Warner
Warner had a near perfect weekend going 29-33 for 379 yds and 5 TD’s. How would you rate his performance in leading the Arizona Cardinals into the Divisional Round of the Playoffs? Was it worthy of a 99 OVR? Does he deserve 100 accuracy across the board?
Here are the categories that we are looking for a ratings breakdown in with 100 being the highest score possible:
Overall
Awareness
Throw Power
Speed
Injury
Throw Accuracy Short
Throw Accuracy Mid
Throw Accuracy Deep
Agility
Ray Rice
Talk about setting the tone for a game. Ray Rice did just that as he broke the first play from scrimmage off for an 83 yd TD run, leaving the Patriots in unfamiliar territory. Rice would finish the day with 22 Car for 159 yds and 2 TD’s with an astonishing 7.2 YPC Avg. Where does this performance rank in your playoff memories?
Again, here are the categories that we are looking for a ratings breakdown in with 100 being the highest score possible:
Overall
Speed
Acceleration
Carry
Elusiveness
Agility
Trucking
Awareness
Ball Carrier Vision
Both cards will be Limited Edition, but we have not made a decision yet on how many we will offer up to the community? What do you think? Each card will sell for 2,000 Coins. Don’t forget to copy and paste your ratings choices in the comments section below, and when you do, don’t forget to include the players name along with your Gamertag/PSN ID and console that you play on so that we can award you the free card or the coins to purchase the card if we choose your settings.
For those of you, who have general Madden Ultimate team questions, head over to the new Madden Ultimate team forum where Lead Designer Josh Looman is answering your questions and interacting with other members of the community.
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