Matt Gay

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Karate61 said:
How come there's no kickers out there with their toes missing? Tom Dempsey was the last, and that was years ago! These days a guy with no toes might be able to kick an 85 yarder!
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Yes amputate the front end of the foot and wear a shoe designed like a driver. Dedication to the craft.
 
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We all want Gay back, but he will probably insist on being the highest paid kicker in the NFL.
 
Been great for sure he and Gaines are must offer, but for the right price hate to say it they both can be replaced. There not AD, Wagner, Kupp level unreplaceable types.
 
its a no brainer! remember the drama we had when Zuerlein was getting unreliable, and we needed a kicker to replace him? pepperidge farms does
 
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While I believe the Rams will be fair in what they offer Gay, and obviously would like him back, it does appear to be a good year to be negotiating with a kicker as the market will have quite a bit of inventory, here's the list of free agent Kickers (so far) for 2023:
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Merlin said:
Yes amputate the front end of the foot and wear a shoe designed like a driver. Dedication to the craft.
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You guys stole my joke! Dempsey's disability is my fodder!
 
OntarioRam said:
If Gay can have enough longevity as a Rams kicker, and keep up this kind of form, I don't think it will be close. He will go down as the franchise's best.

He is very accurate, and somehow, extremely quietly, has provided a leg almost as strong as Greg Zuerlein's league-renowned boot. Gay is hitting from well into the 50s with regularity, and many of those kicks would be good from 60+.

I think part of the issue is that kickers seem to be improving in the NFL. The FG attempt range that is deemed "risky" seems to be getting pushed back a few years every couple of seasons. Even as recently as in the Fisher era, if Gay was putting in this body of work, I think it would be getting a lot more talk. I wonder if in another few generations, the NFL will have to prohibit FGs past a certain distance, as I cannot see them changing the field dimensions and it would seem ludicrous to almost always be in FG range.
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Perhaps the answer is tighter field goal posts.
 
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Matt Gay’s 2021 season was ridiculous. 32 of 34 on FG’s at 94.1%.

2022 is equally studly hitting 24 of 26 (92.3%) with his only misses being kicks over 50yds.

(For perspective Jeff Wilkins AKA Money hit 81.9% for his career)
 
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Yeah - when I was younger, 3 beers = 1 piss -
now it's the other way around.:cautious:
 
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Rams definitely don't have a problem paying the guys who deserve it. So this will get done.
 
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