I noticed there is another thread on Luca Congi but my opinion is he is a average kicker .He constantly doesn’t have the leg strength on kickoffs to get the ball deep enough . When you can only kick to the opponents 17 yard line most returners average over 20 yards per return thus making most teams starting field position beyond the 40 yard line . in thus causing our defence to defend a short field . If you noticed our starting field position on kickoffs was around the 30 yard line . maybe we should see how far bartell can kick on kickoffs or pray we can get medlock back
69.0 SHAW, G EDM
66.9 WATERS, S TOR
64.7 PAREDES, R CGY
63.8 PREFONTAINE, N TOR
61.4 MILO, C SSK
59.1 CONGI, L HAM
59.1 MCCALLUM, P BC
59.0 WHYTE, S MTL
55.8 PALARDY, J WPG
This has been talked about since the opening game of the season. Many observed that day that Congi was not getting the ball very deep while others made excuses that he was kicking into a stiff breeze. Well 6 games later the shortcomings are still evident. Last game it was again obvious that most of his kickoffs land at about the 20 yard line. With a 20 to 30 yard return the other team has instant field position. Dangerous even more so with a returner like Larry Taylor. This defense needs all the help it can get. Letting the other team start off from their 45 or 50 yard line won't help us at all. Bottom line is Congi doesn't appear to have the leg strength. Maybe they should give Bartell a chance.