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Here's the pic of Robbie Gould after he made that 58yrd soldier field record breaker.
I'm pretty sure that's pure muscle rippling on his right leg, and not a sack full of 100 carat diamonds.

This guy did not have a very strong leg at all until after the lockout. Kickers don't just add kicking power in the second half of their career. This guy had to be on the juice during the lockout. No testing would've made it easy.

heir_jordan22 wrote:This guy did not have a very strong leg at all until after the lockout. Kickers don't just add kicking power in the second half of their career. This guy had to be on the juice during the lockout. No testing would've made it easy.

I remember the "Gould can't kick 50 yarders" meme, but I think that was more the coaching staff than the kicker. In his rookie year, I believe it was in a playoff game, he kicked a 53 yarder that was called back by a holding penalty, so it didn't count. It didn't stop pundits the next year from sticking to the "can't kick over 50 yards" talking point since they looked at their handy career stats (small sample pool) and didn't see anything in the "FGs 50+ yards made" category.

BullHeaded wrote:

heir_jordan22 wrote:This guy did not have a very strong leg at all until after the lockout. Kickers don't just add kicking power in the second half of their career. This guy had to be on the juice during the lockout. No testing would've made it easy.

I remember the "Gould can't kick 50 yarders" meme, but I think that was more the coaching staff than the kicker. In his rookie year, I believe it was in a playoff game, he kicked a 53 yarder that was called back by a holding penalty, so it didn't count. It didn't stop pundits the next year from sticking to the "can't kick over 50 yards" talking point since they looked at their handy career stats (small sample pool) and didn't see anything in the "FGs 50+ yards made" category.

Yes agreed. He has had 50yrd range for some years now but the last regime didnt trust him that much for long fgs . idk. He has increasingly increased his range throughout his career. He is accurate as f point blank. Just a flat out good kicker. One of the best the bears have ever had.

I think in his early years robbie was banging out 40 yarders just through flat out accuracy but he works hard and really works on his kicking and on his kicking game. The whispers of 60 have been around for a couple seasons because of him hitting them in practice or warmups.

I guess that makes sense. Lovie was uber-conservative.