Place Kicker Thread: Rams sign Kai Forbath

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Merlin said:
Stop being bitter. You white knighted for a guy who probably didn't deserve it.

It's a good thing they're looking around and trying to get ahead of this thing. Climb aboard and bring your little buddy with you. :ROFLMAO:
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Merlin said:
I suspect Kai is more of a kick in the ass for Sloman than anything else. He'll probably be cut by this weekend.

Re: OLB it's important to remember who these guys are lining up against. Pointed this out before but SF has a good LT. The teams on the near sched do too. It's gonna be some weeks before we see a guy who lets our weak ROLB roster feast.

I'm concerned with Lewis of course. I mean the rap on the dude was he can't stay healthy and his film was boom and bust. I'd sure be happy to see him come off IR and answer our probs but yeah I'm not gonna expect that.

Basically right now it's Polite as the hope until Obo returns. So it's ugly and if any of these guys can give us occasional pressure from that blindside I will be happy.
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Only thing I white knighted for was patience, but I should have known that was a lost cause around here. I wonder if Forbath can rush the passer, we could really use a 2nd guy to do it and the only other guy who did it well we just put on IR and signed a kicker for :D
 
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Heard Sloman is getting in extra practice after the Forbath signing.

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You’ve got me there, I’ve never heard of it.
 
OldSchool said:
My issue with this signing well there are two like we already said Kai isn't good. Secondly and most importantly unless Lewis and Polite are ready for a bigger role we took likely our best OLB in Obo put him on the IR and didn't replace him. That's not good. I don't think Kai moves any needle anywhere but we just lost our best OLB and didn't do anything about it.
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Seems like a separate issue though. Unless you’re thinking that Kai’s money is what is preventing us from bringing in OlB talent. I’m definitely not an expert when it comes to who’s available and at what price.
 
OldSchool said:
He’s being challenged by a bad kicker who in a year with league wide kicking issues went 6 weeks without a job. This guy inspires less confidence than Sloman as he’s been just as bad but for longer. Sloman needs to pick it up and maybe this does it, but don’t expect Forbath to suddenly be good.
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Forbath is limited, but I wouldn't call him bad. Weak leg, but he's reliable inside 50 (90.2% made FGs inside 50 on his career).
 
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jrry32 said:
Forbath is limited, but I wouldn't call him bad. Weak leg, but he's reliable inside 50 (90.2% made FGs inside 50 on his career).
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I wouldn't call him good either but that's splitting hairs. There's a reason he was unemployed with all the bad kicking going around the NFL right now.
 
jrry32 said:
Forbath is limited, but I wouldn't call him bad. Weak leg, but he's reliable inside 50 (90.2% made FGs inside 50 on his career).
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I'm just hoping we can find somebody who can consistently hit a XP.
I can understand being patient with a rookie kicker if he is rough around the edges
missing FG's here and there. But I have no patience for any kicker who not
only struggles with XP's , but struggles even getting the ball up in the air.
He is going to give one of our olinemen
a concussion. lol
 
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OldSchool said:
I wouldn't call him good either but that's splitting hairs. There's a reason he was unemployed with all the bad kicking going around the NFL right now.
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As I've said many times, the Kicker position is volatile. Forbath being on the street doesn't mean he's bad. Just means he may not offer enough upside for most teams to want him.
 
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