Starting Kicker Competition -- Tucker v. Cundiff (Merged)

**phacts** · 08-16-2012, 10:20 AM

I still think there is no way they keep both. If you are going to keep Tucker (and it seems like he's making it impossible for them not to keep him thus far), why would you waste a roster spot on Cundiff?? If we cut Cundiff, no other team out there is going to pick him up. We can cut him and call him in October of Tucker isn't working out.

Cundiff is failing under the pressure of needing to compete for his job. This after failing spectacularly under pressure at the end of last season. There is no way the coaching staff is blind to this. He's gone, barring some dramatic change in events with the way the two are kicking.

**Stealthbirds80** · 08-16-2012, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

Cundiff will NEVER be forgotten in this town!

:word

**BcRaven** · 08-16-2012, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

Cundiff will NEVER be forgotten in this town!

Who? I met with my friend, Jack Daniels, and he taught me how to forget... Bc

**Ravens420** · 08-18-2012, 11:07 AM

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/r...tory?track=rss

No competition, eh Billy Goat?

Now he is delusional. I guess getting beat will do that.

**CRZA938** · 08-18-2012, 11:33 AM

If Tucker isn't the kicker week one I will be extremely disappointed...

**jonboy79** · 08-18-2012, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by CRZA938

If Tucker isn't the kicker week one I will be extremely disappointed...

I'm not going to choose a new team over it or anything, but I have to agree. I may question Harbaugh's loyalty, as it has always seemed a bit too strong. It's all about "his" guys, coahces and players.

That would falt out NOT be playing the best players like they claim.

**PeterB58** · 08-18-2012, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by CRZA938

If Tucker isn't the kicker week one I will be extremely disappointed...

At this point, I would agree. But there are still 2 pre-season games left. Lots could happen - good or bad.

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 08-18-2012, 12:07 PM

Who else was hoping for Cundiff to miss one or both of his kicks?

**jonboy79** · 08-18-2012, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by Raveninwoodlawn

Who else was hoping for Cundiff to miss one or both of his kicks?

I will honestly say that YES, I was.

I feel like if he doesn't miss he's getting the job. that's disappointing to me. I can't see him having a good season. I can see tucker having a good career here.

**markdeerhunter** · 08-18-2012, 12:13 PM

Excellent points.

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

I remember in that Jacksonville game, we could have won it had Cundiff not missed those two kicks which where only like 35-40 yards out. We probably deserved to lose that game with the way our offense played, but that game could have made us 13-3 at the end of the year and not 12-4, and probably giving us the #1 seed, not NE. That means the Patriots would have been coming to M and T, and we would have had a huge advantage. The morale of the story is, Cundiff fucks up in one game that lead him self to another fuck up that was 100 times worse.

**TheJoeFlaccoShow** · 08-18-2012, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

I just don't see any way that this coaching staff chooses Cundiff over Tucker.

If anything, they'll keep both or cut Cundiff. No way they flat out cut Tucker.

Exactly.

Tucker will be on the roster one way or the other.

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 08-18-2012, 02:21 PM

Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff coming across very bitter towards the competition with Tucker. Almost seems resentful that the comp. is even being viewed as close
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1h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff: "To be honest with you, I haven't really been keeping track of what Justin's been doing."
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1h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff: "This is really a competition with myself and how good I can be."
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1h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff: "That's been my mentality the entire time. This isn't necessarily a competition between myself and Justin."
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2h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff said Harbaugh told him after the playoff loss at NE that the kicking job was his as long as he kicks well in training camp
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2h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff: "The way the coaches have approached me, and the way the organization has approached me, is that if I kick well this is my job."
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2h Matt Zenitz ‏@mzenitz
Cundiff: "I don't think my mentality [towards the kicking competition] has really changed. It really hasn't."
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Cundiff is obviously overcompensating for his confidence.