Rams sign kicker Lirim Hajrullahu

[SWAdude]

@SWAdude
Great call.
That’s a huge difference.
Not sure about the hash mark width and ball placement.
Don’t they get an extra point if the ball is kicked out of the endzone?

Yeah, most people think I am pretty awesome.

Just ask the dude at RF............. oh never mind, I digress.....

Actually, I kicked FGs in High School. So when it comes to kickers I just may have a different interest than others. Like I grew up in Bakersfield......and sheep......

....moving on.......I could kick the hell out of the thing Tom Dempsey style (RIP) Back then, college used a tee. Without doing the easy google search to find out when they stopped, the Pros did not. So I went out and got a tee that was ground level. (Lord I wished I kept this stuff) And my kicking game went to SHIT!

No shit with the tee, I could go 3 for 10 for 60 yards. Without the tee, I could go 3 for 10 at 30 yards. My dream of being a kicker for the Rams were RUINED!!! Not to mention soccer style for height was quickly coming in style real fast and I tried to do that and was convinced if you didn't have a Latin Surname it was impossible. At the time that was true.

To this day while on a walk, even in the terminal between flights, it is not uncommon to I still think about the approach, and kick. Easy to hide when you were good doing it "Dempsey style". Soccer style would certainly get some looks.

So at any rate, does anyone have any opinion about the Chinese Virus?

I kid, I kid.

I hope all are healthy and happy.

 

[Tano]

I will call him Bob.

I will call him Quagmire

Sorry a joke that I have with my stepdaughter

When she was 4, she was watching a Cartoon (not Family Guy) where the character's name was Quagmire

Well we kept asking her - what's his name.

And she would go Quag ... Quag... Quag

What's his name

Quag ... Quag

What's his name?

Quag... Quag... BOB!!

 

[kmramsfan]

Leer-um Hah-roo-lah-hoo

How about just Hah-hoo? alm:

 

[Bootleg]

I shall call him Lirim Hallelujah.

 

[PressureD41]

https://www.cfl.ca/players/lirim-hajrullahu/160189/


2019 highlights







2018 highlights



bonus

 

[Dieter the Brock]

I shall call him Lirim Hallelujah.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

 

[OttawaRamsFan]

Seen Lirim kick live a ton against my Redblacks. He's a very good kicker. Should be a good first for us.

 

[PressureD41]

Redblacks still a terrible name LOL... Go Lions!!!!!!!

 

[OttawaRamsFan]

Redblacks still a terrible name LOL... Go Lions!!!!!!!

It's a great name! Just took a bit to get used to lol

 

[XXXIVwin]

So according to this article, Lirim says it’s pronounced:

Hy-roo-la-hoo

New Argonauts kicker Lirim Hajrullahu stepping into big shoes

He is replacing perhaps the CFL’s best kicker in Swayze Waters, who signed with Carolina in the NFL.

www.google.com

I don’t trust announcers to get it right, necessarily. Plenty of announcers have messed up trying to say “Ebukam”...

Hoping Dick Stockton makes a try at it...

 

[CGI_Ram]

Great. Another name I can’t spell. I was glad when we cut Michael Hoomanawanui back in the day.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Do I think the Rams plan to go with Hajrullahu or MacGinnis?

Maybe. But, I suspect they have a kicker they like in this draft... perhaps 2. These signings are consistent with keeping their options open at every selection.

Harjruullahu has been around a while. It’s not like he’s that obscure. MacGinnis is interesting. Both have decent numbers.


Harjruullahu

MacGinnis

 

[den-the-coach]

Thats ok, I hope my words of encouragement reach them anyway.

Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am, @Dog
Stuck in the middle with you

 

[den-the-coach]

Do I think the Rams plan to go with Hajrullahu or MacGinnis?

Maybe. But, I suspect they have a kicker they like in this draft... perhaps 2.

Yeah, I don't think so now, they have added the top kicker in the CFL & XFL unless both of them can't kick threw the uprights in preseason (if there is one) IMO, one of them will be kicking for the Los Angeles Rams come September Morn.

 

[den-the-coach]

My dream of being a kicker for the Rams were RUINED!!!

Yeah my dream of being a Center for the Rams ended during Freshman Football when some dude named Carmen Panetta, who weighed 130lbs soak & wet knocked me right on my ass on a LB Blitz. At that point I decided to study harder.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Yeah, I don't think so now, they have added the top kicker in the CFL & XFL unless both of them can't kick threw the uprights in preseason (if there is one) IMO, one of them will be kicking for the Los Angeles Rams come September Morn.

That’s what Les wants you to think.

 

[1maGoh]

Great. Another name I can’t spell. I was glad when we cut Michael Hoomanawanui back in the day.

Yeah, that and Mike had hands of stone!

 

[Stats Junkie]

Wow, his stats look great. Especially given that he often had to kick in bad conditions. Trying to find his splits on FG made by distance, but no luck so far (only found one site which had inaccuracies). He had a crappy 2015, but the next 4 years-- 2016 thru 2019-- were excellent. Here's a good overall view of his stats:

Lirim Hajrullahu football Statistics on StatsCrew.com

The Stats Crew has compiled complete career football statistics for Lirim Hajrullahu.

www.statscrew.com

I have his FG splits. Also of note, he has had 5 FGs blocked/deflected (2014 - 45,42 ; 2017 - 47; 2018 - 15; 2019 - 42)

 

[XXXIVwin]

I have his FG splits. Also of note, he has had 5 FGs blocked/deflected (2014 - 45,42 ; 2017 - 47; 2018 - 15; 2019 - 42)
View attachment 35577

Cool, where did u find these stats?!

Main thing I wanted to look at was the 40-49 stats. We as fans think a kicker should be close to automatic even from this range. Lirim‘s stats are very concerning at 40-49. Only 65% over his career from this range?? And 9-15 last year?

Last 2 years he was 10 for 10 from 50+, but only 21 of 32 from 40-49. Weird.

 

[Stats Junkie]

Cool, where did u find these stats?!

I have tracked each kick (FG, punt, kickoff, convert) in the CFL for several years now. I have field goal splits for every CFL kicker dating back to 2003.

I also work for the CFL as a member of the game day stats crew in Vancouver. I have access to several statistical reports that are made available to league staff and members of the media.

Note worthy: As a rookie, Lirim Hajrullahu won the place kicking job by beating out Brett Maher.