2019 Pats ST: Ain't Afraid of No Ghost
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Come on man, that tweet is 5 hours old, you know we've got the info already.
https://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/2019-pats-st-aint-afraid-of-no-ghost.28469/page-3#post-3566756
Sorry, fellas. I moved that post here by mistake. It's moved back to the roster thread.
The info that I thought was applicable that hadn't been posted in this thread was the pronunciation of Younghoe's name.
My post in no way shape or form is any comment upon or denigrates either of our 2 new kickers. It merely uses the coincidence of one name to make a bit of fun of our coach who everyone knows is predisposed to have considerably more confidence in veterans, as opposed to younger players. The bulk of the snark is aimed at a billionaire who, self evidently, in his later years is so alone. Clearly he was not looking for intimacy or even cursory social interaction, the man just wanted to get off. There is absolutely nothing wrong or even shameful about feeling like that, every male on the planet has been there. What the hell Bob, you couldn't find a decent sale on Amazon on a refurb Dyson? Couldn't wait a whole day ? Afraid you wouldn't be able to figure out how to assemble it or find the start switch? The continuum from that to setting up a budding nubile supermodel in an apartment who could be visited discretely is vast. Bob is clearly slowing down, but no evidence of senility. The fact that he's this socially isolated, considering his vast resources, is ineffably sad.
I’m pretty sure I remember Koo’s first game. I think he made a winning or tying FG, but the opposing coach called a TO very late and he had to kick again and missed. Seemed like his confidence was rattled after.
Koo's attempt was blocked after the "icing." He also missed a game-winning kick and another FG the following week. He actually made all his kicks in weeks 3 and 4, but the Chargers went back to Nick Novak anyway.
Ah thank you. Just remembered wanting to hug him and say it’s not your fault.
Do we know who the kicker is that the Pats couldn't bring in from the West Coast the other day?
The good news is that the Patriots are still in their extended preseason. And I'm happy with the approach - putting a kicker on the practice squad gives them another option who will get some experience with the kicking team if they decide that Nugent isn't working out, as opposed to taking someone off the street and winging it.
I got the sense that Koo may have outperformed Nugent on the tryouts but signed the veteran to replace Ghost due to experience. BB mentioned how a kicker has to know more than just to kick & may be thinking Koo may work out better in the long run.
I've been deleting jokes about his last name. Among other reasons, it's not pronounced the way it looks. It's pronounced more like "hwae".
So why the odd spelling? When he came over to the States, the immigrations office most likely went by the outdated
McCune–Reischauer system. It was developed in the '30s and does a really poor job in Romanizing Korean characters into English equivalents. I've had a similar problem with my Romanized name growing up and it kind of sucked.
And here I was, thinking your problem was that the jokes were demeaning to women, by calling them hoes.
My last name can also be turned into a dick joke. And in my own language, to make matters worse.
My last name can also be turned into a dick joke. And in my own language, to make matters worse.
I was thinking the same thing, before they even signed Koo.
Same.
I'm a simple man with a simple wish to one day own a Koo game jersey.I'm sure this isn't motivated reasoning whatsoever!
Get one for yourself that reads Ka-choo and one for the Mrs. that reads Robinson.
There's a Finnish hockey club called KooKoo. Just got promoted to the Finnish first division (the Liiga) last season as well.
So there.
Has anyone tried to market those jerseys to Brazilian bros (whatever slang term might apply) the way “COCKS” bar caps became big in the US back in the ‘90s?
That clip really illustrates how good Bethel is. He had 2 guys on him and still easily shed both of them to be in position to make the tackle. It’s kind of funny because the addition of Bethel was like the ST version of adding a #1 to ease the coverage on Jules. There will be times when Slater will only have 1 guy on him, which basically means that poor guy is screwed. They also timed it perfectly. That was pretty much a recovery away from being a perfect ST play.
You get the sense they went off the field laughing with each other, saying "this is gonna be fun"
Not sure who's available in tryouts that we can count on to be any better than we have now. Yesterday wasn't exactly the best weather to kick in.
They probably had most of them in last time. I was trying to figure out whether there were any trade possibilities out there for a replacement level NFL kicker, and it's surprising how many kickers are locked up for multiple years. The only possibilities in teams that might trade a kicker are Bryant and Bullock, and I doubt the Bengals are going to move Bullock. They don't seem to like to make moves. And even if they did, he's signed for next year, so we'd have two kickers under contract for next year.
I'd take Bryant over Nugent, despite all the caveats -- thought my idea was pretty firmly rebutted in another thread. Still, I think sometimes you need to give the other team the idea that you are a threat to make a 50 yarder. Bryant's outdoor splits aren't awful and he has a decent leg. He has also kicked in 11 playoff games (including the Super Bowl obviously), which, though not a lot, is at least some. I just think this is a massive weak link for the Patriots. It's not as bad as the O line at the moment, but the Patriots are filthy with late day picks and the salary cap implications of Bryant over Nugent for the rest of the year would be close to negligible -- a few hundred thousand dollars. It's not much of an upgrade, but it's something.
I love Nugent and he's the best kicker in the world and there's no way I'd like to see a young, healthy, capable Asian-American kicker back on this team to save the team from certain doom.
It's nice to see you fair and balanced in your love for the members of the team.
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While Matthew Slater has been a seven-time Pro Bowl selection as a special teamer, this marks the first time he has been named Special Teams Player of the Week in his 12-year career.
While Matthew Slater has been a seven-time Pro Bowl selection as a special teamer, this marks the first time he has been named Special Teams Player of the Week in his 12-year career.