Steelers vs Ravens
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Bingo. I’ll admit that I was down on him before his last year at Pitt. But he knew what his weaknesses were and he worked on them and improved tremendously. IMO that was impressive
Boswell is just a hair behind Tucker as a kicker. What the hell are you watching.
Boswell has missed 8 FGs this year and has the lowest FG% of the 32 kickers in the NFL this year.
Boswell WAS a great kicker. This year, he is literally, statistically, the worst kicker in the NFL.
Yeah the growth of this team in “meaningless” games can’t be underestimated. Growth between the ears mostly. I wonder what is changing in the draftroom with this team’s maturation? OL is solidifying and not just from my point of view. Thinking D will be the focus in the draft. Wideout maybe with the Bears pick. Who knows.
edit: Sauce had this covered in another thread. I started with this one.
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So you’re saying Justin Tucker is just a hair above the worst kicker in the NFL? I didn’t bother to look it up but they mentioned more than once yesterday that Tucker has missed 6 FGs this year.
These Boswell comments started with a post saying there’s no way to justify the large contract the Steelers gave him. He’s definitely not having a good year and we all know he had one other bad year, but otherwise, he definitely belongs in the conversation of ‘2nd best’ behind Tucker based on track record.
Yeah ok, I assumed Tucker had a good bit more opportunities.
Doesn’t change the fact that missing 6 out of 40 isn’t great by current NFL standards and not great by Tucker’s standards. Doesn’t mean Tucker’s contract wasn’t justified. Same with Boswell.
I agree. He is still the best. 5 of Tuckers 6 misses were from over 50 yards, and 2 of those over 60.
Boswell has this odd thing going where he's actually kicked the longer ones better. 7-9 from 50+, which is pretty good, 4-9 from 40-49, which is really bad.
Tucker, by way of comparison, is 8-13 from 50+ and 4-5 from 40-49. He is also a perfect 22-22 on field goals of less than 40 yards. Boswell has only kicked 8 of those all seasons.
Tucker, by way of comparison, is 8-13 from 50+ and 4-5 from 40-49. He is also a perfect 22-22 on field goals of less than 40 yards. Boswell has only kicked 8 of those all seasons.
3 of the 6 were blocked, the other 3 were over 50 yards.
Boswell is statistically the worst kicker in the NFL this year among kickers with more than 20 attempts.
I think it’s universally acknowledged he’s been bad this year. I even mentioned it last week saying he yanked the 2 FGs he missed more because of him being bad this year than because of the cold weather. How much it’s due to injury who knows.
My main point, he was still worth the contract he was given at the time as he was easily in the conversation of 2nd best behind Tucker.
Exactly. That dude is incredible. They will trot him out there for attempts that other coaches wouldn't even consider with their kicker.
Prior to the Steelers winning possession, the Ravens stalled at midfield… would have been about a 66 yarder…the “book” certainly would agree to pin the Steelers back as the Ravens did. But maybe they should have let a Tucker take a crack at it.
Very low reward for the risk. Reward is a 16-9 lead... still only up by one score. Risk is giving the Steelers the ball at the Raven's 45 yard line.
In either case, the Steelers need a TD. In one you're giving them the ball at your own 45, in the other you're giving them the ball at the Steelers' 20 or worse.
