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#1: The Los Angeles Chargers have had five kickers since the sta Autor: zhangzk,
Poslato: Pon Apr 08, 2019 6:17 am
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They soon may be looking for their sixth.Coach Anthony Lynn said Monday that he is evaluating the kicking game after Caleb Sturgis missed a field goal and two extra points in Sunday's 29-27 win over San Francisco .Lynn did not place all the blame on Sturgis Craig Mager Jerseys 2019 , but he also hasn't ruled out bringing kickers in for tryouts as the Chargers (2-2) prepare to host Oakland this week."We are looking at the entire process. We've had the snapper and holder here the entire time. It can't be that all these kickers are bad," Lynn said.Long snapper Mike Windt is in his ninth season with the Chargers and is among the team's longest-tenured players. Punter Drew Kaser also handles holding duties but Philip Rivers was the holder during the second half of a Week 3 loss to the Rams when Kaser was injured.The Chargers have the lowest accuracy rate on extra points (84.3 percent) and field goals (69.2 percent) since the start of last season. As much as Lynn would love to maintain continuity, he is evaluating everything in order to get things on track."There's so much that goes on with the snap and the hold that can affect the kicker. Now we have to look at the entire process," Lynn said. "We should be beyond that right now. We should all be on the same page right now moving in the right direction."Sturgis is in his sixth season in the league and signed as a free agent after three years with Philadelphia. He is seven of nine on field goals but six of nine on extra points.Sturgis came into the season with only four misses on 70 PAT attempts since 2015. He said the reason for the three missed on kicks Sunday was that he needs to hit the ball more solid."You have to keep your head in there and not make a bad situation worse," Sturgis said after the game. "It is a pretty low point but you have to get past it fast because if you sit here and talk about it for another week you may have the same results."It wasn't an awful day for the entire special teams unit. The Chargers found another punt returner after Desmond King averaged 20.5 yards on four returns. His 55-yarder late in the second quarter helped set up a Sturgis 48-yard field goal to tie the game at 17 at halftime.King said he didn't find out until Saturday that he was going to be returning punts due to a nagging foot injury to Travis Benjamin and JJ Jones being inactive. The second-year cornerback, who returned punts at Iowa, will have the job for at least a couple more weeks.Lynn said King is not explosive as a returner, but he can run through tackles and pick up a lot of yards after contact."They really trusted me back there. That's why I did it," King said. "I've been asking to go back there and return it. It felt natural to get the ball back in my hands and return it."Notes: Defensive tackle Corey Liuget returned to the team complex after serving his four-game suspension for using a performance-enhancing substance. Liuget said he worked out in San Jose during the suspension and is hopeful of being in the lineup against the Raiders. ... Offensive tackle Russell Okung will be evaluated later in the week after missing the second half against the 49ers due to a groin injury. If Okung is unable to play, Sam Tevi would move to left tackle and Trent Scott would play right tackle. ... Linebacker Kyzir White had knee surgery on Monday. Lynn said it was a minor procedure and he didn't have a timetable on how long White would be out.Follow Joe Reedy at joereedyKyzir White brings ball skills to Chargers linebacker group In the Chargers’ 31-20 week two victory over the Buffalo Bills, safety-turned-linebacker Kyzir White walked away with the second-highest game grade on the entire team with an 86.7. The grade was good for fourth among all linebackers across the league while his coverage grade of 90.5 was second-best among his position group.For those that forgot, White was technically a safety during his time at West Virginia. His position, nicknamed the “star” on the Mountaineers defense White Denzel Perryman Jerseys , was a hybrid role where White could use his plus-size and physicality to step into the box and defend larger receivers and reinforce the run defense.In Gus Bradley’s defense, White gets to thrive in a similar role, one that was made famous bythe Arizona Cardinals and how they use Deone Buccanon as an uber-athletic linebacker even though he weights just 215 pounds.White is tasked with being the “run-and-chase” backer. He gets to clean up the backside of runs and shut down any attempts to slip a player out of the weakside of the formation.To help ice the contest against Buffalo, and put an exclamation mark on his stellar performance in coverage, White diagnosed a pair of crossing routes as the Bills attempted to throw themselves out of the shadow of their own endzone. While easily staying stride-for-stride with the tight end, White jumped in front of the underthrown pass to record the first interception of his NFL career.And, for what it’s worth, it’s not to see the Chargers with a linebacker that didn’t have to sacrifice height for athleticism. I know this may be nit-picky, but it’s just never sat right with me that the Chargers have played the last two seasons with guys like Denzel Perryman (5’11), Jatavis Brown (5’11), and Hayes Pullard (6’0) roaming the middle of the defense.White gives the Chargers a type of player that they haven’t had in recent years and should be used as a prototype going forward. NFL Outlet
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