I kept telling people earlier in the season to forget about Suisham's record making kicks in meaningless circumstances.
Against Dallas and again today when he had the chance in the second half of a competitive high-pressure game to salt the contest away from makeable range, he again let his team down.
The guy is just not a money kicker.
As far as I am concerned Suisham needs to go.
And I hope the next GM/Coach looks at special teams and recognizes immediately the truth:
Suisham is great when the game is 17-0 and there is little pressure on him but unreliable when the score is 24-24 in the fourth quarter AND that Antwaan Randle El on punt returns equates to accepting poor field position week after week.
In a way #6 reminds me of a goalie that puts up good numbers in the regular season but can't stand up to the pressure of playoff hockey.
Certainly the Redskins made enough mistakes today where the team should have been in the Win column. And the referees certainly did give the Saints a BIG assist today in going their way on 2 calls that took 5 minutes to review and were 50/50 on replays.
But we all know that the team has those other areas to improve on in the offseason.
What isn't so clear from the statistics is how detrimental a guy like Suisham can be given hs good overall ratio of attempts/attempts made.
You have to look at the body of work in context.
Who is going to stand up and be counted when the game is on the line and who is going to let his teammates down?
Against Dallas and again today when he had the chance in the second half of a competitive high-pressure game to salt the contest away from makeable range, he again let his team down.
The guy is just not a money kicker.
As far as I am concerned Suisham needs to go.
And I hope the next GM/Coach looks at special teams and recognizes immediately the truth:
Suisham is great when the game is 17-0 and there is little pressure on him but unreliable when the score is 24-24 in the fourth quarter AND that Antwaan Randle El on punt returns equates to accepting poor field position week after week.
In a way #6 reminds me of a goalie that puts up good numbers in the regular season but can't stand up to the pressure of playoff hockey.
Certainly the Redskins made enough mistakes today where the team should have been in the Win column. And the referees certainly did give the Saints a BIG assist today in going their way on 2 calls that took 5 minutes to review and were 50/50 on replays.
But we all know that the team has those other areas to improve on in the offseason.
What isn't so clear from the statistics is how detrimental a guy like Suisham can be given hs good overall ratio of attempts/attempts made.
You have to look at the body of work in context.
Who is going to stand up and be counted when the game is on the line and who is going to let his teammates down?