Tough Game for Nuge

BuckWrestler141 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 12:07 PM

Jets kicker Mike Nugent missed two more field goal attempts, one from 40 yards and the other from 48 on Sunday against the Buccaneers. "I've never missed two in the same game in my whole career, even in high school," Nugent told the New York Times. "On the first one I didn't play the wind very well and on the second one I tried to kill it." Nugent has hit only 4-of-7 field goal attempts this season.

I have faith he will come through with his upcoming attempts

jwinslow · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 12:18 PM

sorry to hear that. I think he'll get better, but he is kicking a totally different ball than college. I would think the best clutch kicker ever could over come that.

exhawg · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 12:27 PM

It took him a year to get used to kicking in college. Does anyone know how his KO's are doing?

scarletandgrey · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 12:32 PM

He's still puts a boot on them but not all of them are going out of the endzone like they used to. I have faith that the NUGE will pick it up.

jwinslow · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by exhawg

It took him a year to get used to kicking in college. Does anyone know how his KO's are doing?

Good point. Let's hope taht trend continues. Not many TBs, but pretty solid return average. He is the 7th lowest KRetAvg among kickers with 10 or more kickoffs.

 2005 Regular Season <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td background="http://images.nfl.com/images/separator3-bar.gif" height="11">
</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="bg0" align="left"><td class="bg0" colspan="11">Kickoff Kickers </td></tr><tr class="bg1" align="center"><td>Player</td><td>Team</td><td>G</td><td>KO</td><td>Avg</td><td>TB</td><td>OSK</td><td>OSKR</td><td>Ret</td><td>RetAvg</td><td>TDs</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Mike Nugent</td><td align="center">NYJ</td><td>5</td><td>16</td><td>64.2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>14</td><td>19.9</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody> </table>

tedginn05 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2005, 08:08 PM

kicking in hs and college is a whole lot different then in the pros, i read an article after he was drafted and it said hs and college kickers like "cherry" balls, or balls that have had the crap beat out of them, he got to use his "favorite" ball in college and hs, however in the pros he must use a brand new ball and it said the balls are marked with a big K on them as a kicking ball, they use brand new balls fresh out of the box every NFL game and the ball is alot harder to kick because it is not "soft" and it doesn't absorb the kick like old balls do, new balls are hard and don't really give alot

crazybuckfan40 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-2005, 01:29 AM

He will be alright. I think it will also take him time to learn how the wind acts on the ball up there in NY.