Mcafee Says He's Good From 68 Yards!(Game Situation)

[presto123]

C'mon Colts find a way to get the man a shot. At the end of a half or towards the end of the game I don't care but I would love to see Pat blow away the current 63 yard record that three guys own. Pat also said 63 is actually kind of easy for him and that he believes he has the strongest leg in the NFL. I like the confidence. He said he would like to take over the kicking duties as well after Adam is finished.

[Steagles]

GO FOR IT!!! I want him to have it! If he can kick THAT well, give him the job!

[presto123]

I didn't mean give him the job right now. lol I do think if we are out of Adam's range or have the game in hand then give him a shot.

[Steagles]

I didn't mean give him the job right now. lol I do think if we are out of Adam's range or have the game in hand then give him a shot.

I know, I'm not totally stupid. lol I love Vinny and wish him more successful years kicking.

[Balzer40]

He's right too. I went to camp several times before the season and Pat was routinely drilling them from 70-75 yds. out.

[Steagles]

He's right too. I went to camp several times before the season and Pat was routinely drilling them from 70-75 yds. out.

Makes me proud to be the owner of a Patty Mac jersey

[21isSuperman]

Kicking 70-75 yards in practice is very different from kicking 70-75 yards in game. There is much more pressure as you only have 1 shot at it and about 1.7 seconds (I think I heard that's how long it takes to snap, hold and kick a FG) and there are 11 guys coming to knock your head off.

[presto123]

Kicking 70-75 yards in practice is very different from kicking 70-75 yards in game. There is much more pressure as you only have 1 shot at it and about 1.7 seconds (I think I heard that's how long it takes to snap, hold and kick a FG) and there are 11 guys coming to knock your head off.

That's why I said game situation in the thread title. McAfee stressed he could hit up to a 68 yarder in a GAME.

[shakedownstreet]

we should put him in as quarterback as well as let him kick the long ones. he'd be the surprise league mvp. that's how good pat mcafee is

[hawkeyes]

Distance is great, but with 'out' the accuracy its not much value to a FG kicker! Pat concentrate kicking butt on your current job.... (I understand he was just answering a question .... )

[wercolts]

As long as it doesn't detract from his tackling duties I'm all for letting him kick FG's.

[ReMeDy]

Kicking 70-75 yards in practice is very different from kicking 70-75 yards in game. There is much more pressure as you only have 1 shot at it and about 1.7 seconds (I think I heard that's how long it takes to snap, hold and kick a FG) and there are 11 guys coming to knock your head off.

Also, you will have audiences sitting in stands waving god knows what to distract the kicker. This includes cheeseheads, terrible towels, signs saying "kick me," etc.

[BleedthisBlue]

As long as it doesn't detract from his tackling duties I'm all for letting him kick FG's.

lol! NICE

[Jason_]

Kicking 70-75 yards in practice is very different from kicking 70-75 yards in game. There is much more pressure as you only have 1 shot at it and about 1.7 seconds (I think I heard that's how long it takes to snap, hold and kick a FG) and there are 11 guys coming to knock your head off.

Agree with all of this. That's why I was actually hoping to see Pat get the FG and extra point kicking duties in the preseason. We already know what we have with Vinny...there are no questions there and I think most would agree that, while the preseason is for getting players into regular season form, I'm not sure that would apply to kickers too...especially a veteran like Adam. So imo I didn't see any harm in letting Pat do the kicking in the preseason just to see how he would react to an in game situation.

[nsurg]

C'mon Colts find a way to get the man a shot. At the end of a half or towards the end of the game I don't care but I would love to see Pat blow away the current 63 yard record that three guys own. Pat also said 63 is actually kind of easy for him and that he believes he has the strongest leg in the NFL. I like the confidence. He said he would like to take over the kicking duties as well after Adam is finished.

We might as well find some bright spots and fun this season, I was thinking the same thing! I will also give him credit for a pretty nice hit he put on that return punt against cleveland... sad that it was necessary, but I'm looking for little things to be happy about. When is the last time you've seen a punter clobber somebody with such force? Pat acted ticked, which was cool.

[presto123]

We might as well find some bright spots and fun this season, I was thinking the same thing! I will also give him credit for a pretty nice hit he put on that return punt against cleveland... sad that it was necessary, but I'm looking for little things to be happy about. When is the last time you've seen a punter clobber somebody with such force? Pat acted ticked, which was cool.

Yeah it was funny in the interview today he said he always makes a point to talk with the other teams return man before the game. He said he's told some of them don't run me over if you see me in the open field.lol

[John Waylon]

I'd like to see it. What have we got to loose?

We'll never let him try it of course... WAYYYY too conservative for that.

[oldunclemark]

McAfee is a 'unique' young man..

He says a lot of things.

but he is our leading tacklers on special teams...

[Coltsman1788]

we should put him in as quarterback as well as let him kick the long ones. he'd be the surprise league mvp. that's how good pat mcafee is

Plus he can tackle as we saw last week. Well he pushed the guy out of bounds but hey whatever works, right?

[Coltsfanman1953]

Gameplan for Pitt. Win the toss, elect to recieve, take the ball on the 20 and let McAfee try a field goal. If it is good. Call the game and win 3-0.

[LUVTHESHOE]

As long as it doesn't detract from his tackling duties I'm all for letting him kick FG's.

lol, yea we cant have our best special team tackler blowing out his

hammy trying to boot a 68 yarder!!

[Andy]

The only time I would put him in is if it's the end of halftime, and there is no nothing to lose. I would never put him in for 68 yard field goal during a game, and the same goes for Janikowski and Crosby. They only let them attempt it at the end of the half...

[Rich Cannon]

We dont even go for it on 4th and inches. Caldwell giving us the go for a 60 plus yd field goal lol o brother.

[BigBlueRampage]

Mcafee was also a two time Lou Groza award semi-finalist while at West Virginia.

[oldunclemark]

McAfee was also fished of a downtown fountain during the season one night when he thought he could fly..

..as entertaining as it is...I'm not sure I'd take whatever he said as gospel

[tigerkz]

Pat, then kick it through the dang endzone every kick off. You have to see that you are the leading tackler on special teams. If you can kick it accurately that far, then kick the crud out of the ball on every kick off.

[presto123]

Pat, then kick it through the dang endzone every kick off. You have to see that you are the leading tackler on special teams. If you can kick it accurately that far, then kick the crud out of the ball on every kick off.

Pat admitted in the interview that lately he hasn't been hitting the kickoffs as good as he could be. Good post man.

[Steagles]

Pat admitted in the interview that lately he hasn't been hitting the kickoffs as good as he could be. Good post man.

As long as he tries at all, he'll be fine on kickoffs.

[zippyd]

Had to listen to the second half on the radio, but I thought I heard Lamey say that Mcafee put a kickoff through the uprights. Can anybody confirm?

[presto123]

Had to listen to the second half on the radio, but I thought I heard Lamey say that Mcafee put a kickoff through the uprights. Can anybody confirm?

If it didn't go through the uprights it was darn close. I remember thinking at that point Pat was right in everything he said:)

[RedHJedi]

If I remember correctly, he kicked one through the uprights, and only once, did he not kick it out of the back of the Endzone, or so far back that the returned had a back foot out of the back, preventing a return.

The only kick I remember that didn't go out of the back of the Endzone...Pat was the tackler, lol.

[tigerkz]

Pat, thank you for your kickoff's yesterday. Very impressive, and I knew you could do it.

Pat will be the leading tackler on special teams this year.