I think it's mental. Look at Vedvik. Nearly perfect in Baltimore where there's less pressure because he wasn't beating out Tucker no matter how well he kicked. Then in Minnesota and here, where the job could've been his, he folded. Ultimately, it's really hard to sit on the sideline most of the game and then get one shot to make a super-important play that requires precision and a cool head. And it's worse in the NFL than in college because you don't really have a support system, and if you fail, you're out of a job and have to quit football or travel across the country for another chance. It takes a special person to not have that pressure affect him, especially when the slightest tremble will cause the kick to miss.
When I said they should send him home to Salt Lake City on an airplane with a Jets jersey, I meant as a souvenir and thank you for showing interest; not that they needed to sign him. The point is that simply giving him a tryout, and then saying "Sorry, you're not good enough, but we really appreciate how much you wanted to be part of the team," would have cost nothing and generated goodwill. Of course, the Jets leadership is too stupid to realize this (as always). Although I was serious about him going on to being a Pro Bowler - the Jets treating him like garbage (for no reason) almost guarantees it.
Danny Woodhead, Wayne Chrebet, Kurt Warner ... the league is littered with guys that didn't have the pedigree to play in the NFL, but somehow wound up being a major-league contributor. Of course, someone gave them all a tryout at some point.
Vedvik, I admit that I never heard of the guy. I knew he was on the Vikings or some crap but never played an NFL game - I think. So anyway, I looked him up after he screwed us on Sunday to gauge if he was gonna last until Monday. I knew he had to be kicked in his ass speaking of kicking, but I figured I'd rub lemon juice in the paper cuts the Jets left all over my body with that wondrous Jetsesque loss. So his full name is Kaare Vedvik. My eyebrows knitted together because I'm thinking, what, is this guy Swedish or something? I was close. Norwegian. There was a recurring screw up in 'The Thing' about Swedes and Norwegians. Macready (Kurt Russell) keeps calling them Swedes, but anyway . .. I'm thinking, OK, hold the phone. The guy is Norwegian but he's also black. Probably only one of three black guys in all of Norway. A soccer guy who lands on the Jets and he can't kick an American football for shit. I mean, white guys guys can't dance, everybody knows that; so black Norwegians can't kick to round it out? See? The universe always manages to balance the scales. I hate the Jets. So this Ficken guy, I already know he sucks. Why wouldn't he? The Jets should sign Bernadette. 300 Home Games
I wanted us to give the guy holding the sign outside the building a shot...Josh Henshaw...he looked promising.Former college kicker...Boomer Essiason texted Gase while on the radio telling him to give him a tryout... Its not the guy in the above video either
