play2win
12 years ago
Could be interesting....



The Jets already did from what I understand. What does GB have to lose?
Zero2Cool
12 years ago
Who is he? Why should they? Who would he replace? A little more to your topic starting post please!!! 😛
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gbguy20
12 years ago

Who is he? Why should they? Who would he replace? A little more to your topic starting post please!!! :P

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



http://deadspin.com/5970585/heres-the-youtube-video-that-got-a-norwegian-kicker-a-tryout-with-the-jets


Back in September, a 27-year-old from a tiny Norwegian town named Harvard Rugland uploaded this video to Youtube. Despite only ever having played soccer, he's able to do some crazy things with a football: Over-the-head kicks, drop kicks, kicks across gorges, kicks onto a moving boat, kicks from the coffin corner. But most importantly to the NFL personnel people who saw the video, Rugland has the leg to kick 60-yard field goals.

Rugland came to San Diego to work with kicking coach Michael Husted, who spent most of his nine NFL seasons with the Buccaneers. And finally, on Tuesday, he got his first NFL tryout—with the Jets, despite his hype video being set to "The State of Massachusetts," and despite the fact that New York already has a good kicker. Maybe they want to convert Rugland to quarterback or something.

There's precedent. Sebastian Janikowski didn't play football until he was 18, Sav Rocca made his bones in Australian football, and the Jets have rugby player Hayden Smith at tight end. But this is the new world of the NFL legs race: A team either has Greg Zuerlein, or it's trying to catch up.



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rabidgopher04
12 years ago
Impressive indeed, but I'd like to see him do it with 11 big dudes coming to eat him for lunch.
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12 years ago

Impressive indeed, but I'd like to see him do it with 11 big dudes coming to eat him for lunch.

Originally Posted by: rabidgopher04 



this. one of the keys to field goal attempts is to get some height on the kick so it clears the scrum in front of the kicker. longer kicks tend to be lower line drives and are easier to block than shorter attempts.
Many of the good kickers can kick a FG from 60 yards out in practice with no one in front of them. It is completely different in a game.
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yooperfan
12 years ago
Certainly wouldn't hurt to take a look at him.
Depending how the kicking game looks over the next 2 weeks, the Packers may need to sign a kicking body for the playoffs.
Pack93z
12 years ago
Would I mind adding him to the roster or even practice squad? No.. but bringing in a kicker who hasn't experienced the pressures of game situations cold.. color me in favor of keeping Crosby on the roster.

Were this guy might have real value though is a dual purpose kicker/punter in order for a team to free up an extra roster spot.

But why not take a look at him? Other than the cost of bringing him to GB.. there is little to lose. Maybe a bit more of Crosby's confidence... but really how much of that can be left?
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El3ment12
12 years ago
Didn't Crosby have a video where he hit the church bells? The video might be edited very nicely where it only shows the great kicks. He may be good though... you never know.
gbguy20
12 years ago
just going to post some comments of other kickers disecting said video:

As a kicker I had to chime in...there are many HIGH SCHOOL placekickers that can do 3/4 of the same things he does and probably all of the tricks if given a numerous amount of chances...the things wrong that make him look better than he is include he is using high school reg posts, he uses what looks like a 2 inch kickoff block for many kicks, or is using way more than 3 steps for some longerso called field goals or should I say kickoffs.....I myself can do everything in this video myself..I can juggle, I can kick from extreme angles consistently (heck I can kick them from the endline and just curve it through), so where is my NFL tryout, hahaha.....also those drop kicks are more like punts as a true drop kick has to hit the ground if you want to count in an actual game.



Yup. I was a (really shitty) kicker in college and I could definitely do the same.


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