Chiefs Chiefs place tender 3 players

RunKC · 03-13-2019, 08:30 AM

Chiefs have tendered three exclusive rights free agents, per source: K Harrison Butker, WR Marcus Kemp and DT Justin Hamilton. Told a longer term extension with Butker remains a possibility.
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) March 13, 2019

Gotta free money up to extend Buttkicker!

chiefzilla1501 · 03-13-2019, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RunKC

Chiefs have tendered three exclusive rights free agents, per source: K Harrison Butker, WR Marcus Kemp and DT Justin Hamilton. Told a longer term extension with Butker remains a possibility.
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) March 13, 2019

Gotta free money up to extend Buttkicker!

Man, after the disaster zone we saw with Cody parkey, I say open up the bank for him. I don't know why kickers were bad but half of the teams had bad to terribad kicking this year.

tredadda · 03-13-2019, 12:52 PM

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Man, after the disaster zone we saw with Cody parkey, I say open up the bank for him. I don't know why kickers were bad but half of the teams had bad to terribad kicking this year.

Never understood why good college kickers don’t always translate to the NFL. There’s no difference for the most part. The goalposts are the same height and width and the length of the field is exactly the same. It’s baffling.

DJ's left nut · 03-13-2019, 01:06 PM

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Never understood why good college kickers don’t always translate to the NFL. There’s no difference for the most part. The goalposts are the same height and width and the length of the field is exactly the same. It’s baffling.

I've read articles that try to explain that and all they seem to do is explain that the phenomenon exists, but nobody can seem to explain WHY.

The best answer I've ever seen is that success in kicking comes down so much to snapping/holding. All NFL teams have good snappers/holders. Most college teams do not. The teams that do end up with kickers that look pretty good but don't 'level up' when they get to the NFL.

Meanwhile kickers that have bad holders/snappers stay under the radar until they get to the pros and start getting better kicking conditions.

Robbie Gould, for instance, hit 63% of his kicks in college. He got to the next level and with proper conditions stopped sucking.

Then there's the mind-**** element of it. When a guy like Aguayo simply never missed in college because he had great kicking conditions, then he got to the pros and was absolutely horrid, that's because he just broke down mentally. That Justin whatshisnuts guy we drafted out of UCLA was the same way. Medlock, I think his name was. When he finally washed out of the league and went to Canada with far less pressure, he was fine.

Can't measure juevos, I guess. Well, I mean you can, but that kind of shit puts you on a sex offender registry so I'd advise against it.

**Buehler445** · 03-13-2019, 01:26 PM

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I've read articles that try to explain that and all they seem to do is explain that the phenomenon exists, but nobody can seem to explain WHY.

The best answer I've ever seen is that success in kicking comes down so much to snapping/holding. All NFL teams have good snappers/holders. Most college teams do not. The teams that do end up with kickers that look pretty good but don't 'level up' when they get to the NFL.

Meanwhile kickers that have bad holders/snappers stay under the radar until they get to the pros and start getting better kicking conditions.

Robbie Gould, for instance, hit 63% of his kicks in college. He got to the next level and with proper conditions stopped sucking.

Then there's the mind-**** element of it. When a guy like Aguayo simply never missed in college because he had great kicking conditions, then he got to the pros and was absolutely horrid, that's because he just broke down mentally. That Justin whatshisnuts guy we drafted out of UCLA was the same way. Medlock, I think his name was. When he finally washed out of the league and went to Canada with far less pressure, he was fine.

Can't measure juevos, I guess. Well, I mean you can, but that kind of shit puts you on a sex offender registry so I'd advise against it.

I blame all the bad kickers Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards rolled through here directly on the coaching staff. Most of those guys had success in the NFL. Except Medlen from UCLA. Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards ****ed him royallt. ****ing Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards. **** that ****ing guy.

Kman34 · 03-13-2019, 01:31 PM

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I blame all the bad kickers Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards rolled through here directly on the coaching staff. Most of those guys had success in the NFL. Except Medlen from UCLA. Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards ****ed him royallt. ****ing Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards. **** that ****ing guy.

tmax63 · 03-13-2019, 08:45 AM

People make fun of kickers but good ones are pretty damn important on a good team.

Naptown Chief · 03-13-2019, 08:54 AM

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People make fun of kickers but good ones are pretty damn important on a good team.

And are increasingly hard to find

chiefzilla1501 · 03-13-2019, 12:48 PM

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People make fun of kickers but good ones are pretty damn important on a good team.

Im really stunned that the Jets spent a shitload of money yet decided they couldn't afford a pro bowl kicker. I'm sure that won't come back to bite them.

**YayMike** · 03-13-2019, 09:02 AM

Disappointing that Lucas was not listed

shammus · 03-13-2019, 09:03 AM

Any word on Jordan Lucas? Was really hoping we'd find a way to keep him around....

Titty Meat · 03-13-2019, 09:04 AM

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Any word on Jordan Lucas? Was really hoping we'd find a way to keep him around....

Thankfully hes gone

Oxford · 03-13-2019, 12:45 PM

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Thankfully hes gone

He's still listed on the roster, not so sure

DJ's left nut · 03-13-2019, 09:10 AM

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Disappointing that Lucas was not listed

The tweet only mentions the ERFA's. Then again, the Chiefs only had 2 RFA's in Lucas and Terrance Smith (who will almost certainly be non-tendered off his injury) so that may just be all they did.

Which is a mistake, IMO.

If they're letting Lucas go for effectively nothing, it sure suggests that 1 or both of Sorensen or Berry is staying.

**Buehler445** · 03-13-2019, 01:18 PM

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The tweet only mentions the ERFA's. Then again, the Chiefs only had 2 RFA's in Lucas and Terrance Smith (who will almost certainly be non-tendered off his injury) so that may just be all they did.

Which is a mistake, IMO.

If they're letting Lucas go for effectively nothing, it sure suggests that 1 or both of Sorensen or Berry is staying.

That makes me sad. I has the sad

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