Here's the snap . . .the kick . . . uh-oh
Think the kicking game might be a subject of conversation when the Ravens coaching staff meets today at the Castle to start game-planning for the New England Patriots?
Yeah, I think so, too. The kicking game is always important in the NFL. And it becomes doubly-important when the playoffs roll around. And right now the Ravens kicking game is very suspect, to say the least.
Long-snapper Matt Katula, who's been playing hurt, has been all over the place with his snaps, which you already know if you watched the Ravens 21-13 win over the Oakland Raiders Sunday.
His snaps were wild on both of Billy Cundiff's missed field goal attempts, from 37 yards in the second quarter and 51 yards late in the fourth quarter.
I thought John Harbaugh's head was going to explode after both misses -- at one point,TV cameras captured the Ravens head coach looking disgusted and screaming "Bad snap! Bad snap!"
In any event, the Ravens better find a solution to this problem, pronto.
If Katula is too hurt to make good snaps, they better find someone who can do the job.
That's all Cundiff needs: to be worried about the snap as he lines up for a field goal with the game on the line.
And with Wes Welker hurt and the Patriots suddenly looking very beatable, next Sunday's game could very well come down to a last-second field goal.
Sure, the guy has played hurt The guy has played hurt
Comments
Even with the snapping problems, I've noticed that Billy Cundiff has had a tendency to miss (or almost miss) wide right, and yet he still has the ball placed on the right side of the field. Why not place it closer to the center of the field, if not on the left side? Just asking.
Posted by: Kick Me | January 4, 2010 3:42 PM
This has bad news written all over it. Maybe they should give Trey Junkin a ring...
Posted by: Jeffry | January 4, 2010 4:32 PM
Can't centers be long snappers anymore???? You would think that with some practice Matt Birk could "fill in" to snap for punts and placekicks.
I am just an old fuddy duddy?
Posted by: MasonDixonDude | January 4, 2010 5:03 PM
It def wasn't cundiff's fault. Aslong as its threw the uprights i dont care. He made 2 clutch kicks against pittsburgh the first game and thats an improvement from the haushkaka disaster.
Posted by: Spike | January 5, 2010 3:14 AM