Michael Badgley

[CTCANE]

They probably lost some confidence in him after tonight.

 

[RBhurricane87]

Badgley misses practice net .... LOL !

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Not Badgley

 

[WhatTheHell]

He’s a great kicker if you like kickers that aren’t good at kicking.

 

[Heart of The Playmaker]

Badgley was actually an excellent kicker for us. The problem was he started to pay too much attention to all the accolades and talk about him being a Top 3 kicker in colllege.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Warren Zevon is my favorite singer.

As the werewolves of London howl.

 

[MIA42178]

Badgley was actually an excellent kicker for us. The problem was he started to pay too much attention to all the accolades and talk about him being a Top 3 kicker in colllege.

He was usually very good under pressure and not very good on run of the mill kicks.

Maybe a maturity thing

 

[@KingLew88]

I guess I’m of the minority that badgley wasn’t a good kicker for us.

Making a 40-50 yarder then missing a 20-30 isn’t being a good kicker. My kicker gotta be consistent and he wasn’t that.

 

[streetja]

Least clutch kicker I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Dude was all talk and would then shrink in the biggest moments. GLuck Chargers relying on him in the playoffs

 

[SPAMM]

I guess I’m of the minority that badgley wasn’t a good kicker for us.

Making a 40-50 yarder then missing a 20-30 isn’t being a good kicker. My kicker gotta be consistent and he wasn’t that.

Would you rather have the Packers kicker? On another note, although Bosher continues kickoffs, it is interesting that they have never let him place kick.

 

[@KingLew88]

Would you rather have the Packers kicker? On another note, although Bosher continues kickoffs, it is interesting that they have never let him place kick.

That has nothing to do with the question at hand. Badgley was a below avg kicker. I was so happy when he graduated.

 

[BeachCanes]

I got absolutely destroyed when I made a thread about Badgley costing the chargers a game by missing an XP. Now you ***gots finally caught up.

 

[DTP]

He's always had an NFL caliber leg. His lack of consistency on short kicks always confused me. As for being "clutch", the only game winning/tying kick I remember him missing was the extra point against FSU in 2016 that got blocked.

 

[Awsi Dooger]

I was never a Badgley fan due to his mechanics but they look better now.

Kickers are closer to golfers than anything else in football. Badgley always had erratic alignment and head positioning and speed of approach. Last night I was shocked at how normal he looked.

He still has a tendency to get spooked by the rush. That's why the kick is pulled left -- like the first miss last night with 3 seconds remaining -- if the kicker senses pressure off the right flank. It is the most common tendency in placekicking and the reason that special teams coaches should always emphasize pressure and penetration from the right side (left side from a defensive perspective), if the opposing kicker is a righty. That kicker is already looking in that direction by simple logic of how a soccer style kicker stands in relation to the line of scrimmage. He has to look toward the holder. If he senses penetration from that side he comes across the ball just like a golfer who flinches at the last second because he wants to avoid hazards to the right.

Special teams coaching in the NFL is light years superior to college. That's why you see so many free agent placekickers make it big immediately in the NFL. They look totally different once the coaching straightens things out. Darren Rizzi of the Dolphins is probably best in the league right now. It is astonishing how much the Dolphins gain from special teams exchanges every week, and this is without Grant their best return man. The rookie kicker Jason Sanders looked moderate in college but now he has flawless smooth mechanics and a perfect slight draw every time.

 

[streetja]

He's always had an NFL caliber leg. His lack of consistency on short kicks always confused me. As for being "clutch", the only game winning/tying kick I remember him missing was the extra point against FSU in 2016 that got blocked.

Seriously? His last kick for us was a crucial missed FG to reduce the deficit to 7 in the Orange Bowl.

 

[CANEMC]

He gets cut even though he made #3.

 

[Hotel Ibis]

Seriously? His last kick for us was a crucial missed FG to reduce the deficit to 7 in the Orange Bowl.

He made a lot, but the FSU extra point and the Wisconsin missed chip shot are the first 2 I always think of. A rich man's Dane Prewitt. He was better than Francesco Zampogna or Andy Crossland, but no Todd Sievers (whose stats are worse than I recall, but who was clutch) or John Peattie.

 

[TemplarCane]

Would you rather have the Packers kicker? On another note, although Bosher continues kickoffs, it is interesting that they have never let him place kick.

Falcons' PK Matt Bryant is a Pro Bowler, although hurt at the moment. Ironic the Bucs let him go and have had a revolving door of mediocre kickers ever since.

 

[WhatTheHell]

Our lack of good punters and kickers is really perplexing given our location.

Any coach on the staff worth his salt should be able to cruise around the intramural fields and find a few 4’11” South Americans launching a soccer ball half a mile and bring them on over for a workout.

Instead we got some hiljack jackass named Bubba spraying missed everywhere, and Feebles kicking pop ups like a couple of a-holes.

 

[DTP]

Seriously? His last kick for us was a crucial missed FG to reduce the deficit to 7 in the Orange Bowl.

Forgot about that game tying/winning kick

 

[ctcane33160]

He’s a great kicker if you like kickers that aren’t good at kicking.

He never missed a kick from between 40-49 yards his whole career but he wasn't any good. Makes sense.