Roughing the kicker!

[Pirateye]

Billy has 2 weeks to recover and I hope it's enough. Is the kicking game important and if it is isn't it worth it to trash the kicker early in the game to get that advantage? How many teams are deep at kickers and 15 yards doesn't seem like much compared to distance the ball is kicked. Also, Take off your damn hat during the National Anthem!

[ryan19]

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billy "gets hurt" a lot... not too worried

[06panther10]

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Yeah I hope he is OK. I don't know what we would do if we needed someone to make a big kick and he wasn't able...

[Silent Earl]

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That's a bit unsportsmanlike don't you think patch?

[Pirateye]

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I don't suggest for a second we do it but I won't put it past some if it means winning. Just seams that the punishment doesn't fit the offense. Kickers when hit are in a bad position and not prepared to take a hit. Billy gets X-ray and MRI today.

[JayJ79]

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I wish Billy well in recovering from that hit.
But if he isn't able to go, I have confidence in Mad Max too. (hope he doesn't mind that nickname. haha)

[RLIV]

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I've watched the replay of that penalty mulitple times. I can say this, it wasn't intentional, malicious, terrible or cheap in any fashion (and I don't think anyone here was suggesting such). Our guy had all but come to a stop after diving to block the kick and Billy pretty much came down on top of him. Looked like he probably rolled both ankles. Nonetheless, it was a penalty but I've seen roughing the kicker a lot worse than that.

[jegbomb52]

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Yeah I hope he is OK. I don't know what we would do if we needed someone to make a big kick and he wasn't able...

Careful, he might take offense to that and call you at home wanting to fight at 10:00PM on a Sunday night.

[Blue42]

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I've watched the replay of that penalty mulitple times. I can say this, it wasn't intentional, malicious, terrible or cheap in any fashion (and I don't think anyone here was suggesting such). Our guy had all but come to a stop after diving to block the kick and Billy pretty much came down on top of him. Looked like he probably rolled both ankles. Nonetheless, it was a penalty but I've seen roughing the kicker a lot worse than that.

You might want to watch that tape again there shotgun. BH didn't come down on top of him.

The defender rolled into BH's feet as he returned his kicking foot to the ground.

My problem with it is that the defender rolled into the feet well after the kick was away. He was nowhere close to making a block. There was no need to make contact.

[RLIV]

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You might want to watch that tape again there shotgun. BH didn't come down on top of him.

The defender rolled into BH's feet as he returned his kicking foot to the ground.

My problem with it is that the defender rolled into the feet well after the kick was away. He was nowhere close to making a block. There was no need to make contact.

Rifle, I said it was a penalty, didn't I???

The Defender did not roll into the feet of your kicker at all. He dove head first. The defender's foward motion was pretty much stopped (not entirely, but very close) when they made contact. It looked dang uncomfortable for your kicker the way he came down; like I said, it looked like both ankles were rolled.