Thread: Brandon McManus

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Shame. Shame. Shame.

Shame. lol.

Originally Posted by Buff

He's no Jason Elam.

Even Elam went through a rough patch, if fact, numbers wise Elam had some seasons around the same period in his career that looked like what McManus is dealing with.

He did some off season work with a different coach and cleared it up.

I'm not as worried about McManus as I am blows his wadman....

But our Pinter's get good when we cut them.

McManus issues aren't so much the misses as it is when he misses and what it costs us, but it can be worked out.

Originally Posted by aberdien

I was born in 1992!

Seems like a weirdo. Put on some shoes, weirdo.

Should have seen him in snow games! A foot of snow and here comes mr. barefoot!

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I still don't blame him for being mad about that. There was 1 second left in the half so your options are hail Mary or long FG. It was already a lost season at that point, let him try to get the record!

That's where it falls on coaching. I think Fangio went the wrong direction in both cases. Should have let him go for it then, should have punted it yesterday. I just don't like the let me kick it schtick because he's not been good at over 50 for 2-3 seasons now.

Fun Karlis clip:

https://www.denverbroncos.com/video/...ng-fg-20226673

I don’t think they should replace McManus, unless they can.

Originally Posted by GEM

My issue with McManus is the belly aching on not getting to kick, then going to coach again saying put me in coach...and then missing. Like he isn't dumb, he knows he's shaky at best over 50+. Put the team ahead of yourself. Do what you're best at....long range kicks ain't it.

I like his confidence i just didnt like it there in that particular situation.

They'll replace McManus only when he starts demanding Prater money.

Elam was great and we were lucky to find Prater (except the hooker schtick) but when Prater wanted too much money - boom - out he goes and we eventually settled on McManus.

That's the thing about kickers. They're taken for granted until they miss a key FG but nobody really wants to spend money on them because there are a dozen more just like him selling insurance and going to tryouts. What's killing them now are the extra points. Tired of watching kickers shanking the PAT.

Prater went after drinking incident. Only the front office is allowed to be lushes.

Originally Posted by GEM

Prater went after drinking incident. Only the front office is allowed to be lushes.

Didn't Prater go after multiple incidents had him on the verge of a season long ban?

Didn't they can old boy from the front office after he hit a few cars, etc?

I have no problem with McManus 9 times out of 10 but his little public tantrum vs SD kinda cheesed me off (throwing your helmet, really?) and this time you could see him go straight to Fangio and essentially beg to do it from 57 - then he missed it. It’s some Vanderjagt shit. Normally, he’s fine.

I will say, however, that he’s not clutch. If it comes down to a long kick to win or tie, I expect him to miss. Also, his kicking goes the way of the rest of the team. If they’re having a bad day, he normally does too. Bottom line, he’s a fine kicker, but if it comes down to him making a 53 yard FG to win a playoff game or Super Bowl, count it as a loss.

Originally Posted by HORSEPOWER 56

I have no problem with McManus 9 times out of 10 but his little public tantrum vs SD kinda cheesed me off (throwing your helmet, really?) and this time you could see him go straight to Fangio and essentially beg to do it from 57 - then he missed it. It’s some Vanderjagt shit. Normally, he’s fine.

I will say, however, that he’s not clutch. If it comes down to a long kick to win or tie, I expect him to miss. Also, his kicking goes the way of the rest of the team. If they’re having a bad day, he normally does too. Bottom line, he’s a fine kicker, but if it comes down to him making a 53 yard FG to win a playoff game or Super Bowl, count it as a loss.

Apart from our superbowl season when he was money......

I still really like Prater, F everybody else. Lol

That kick was so close. Plenty of distance, missed by inches.

You can question whether the call was right, but if that's your profession (kicker), why the F wouldn't you feel confident and push to get a chance?

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

That kick was so close. Plenty of distance, missed by inches.

You can question whether the call was right, but if that's your profession (kicker), why the F wouldn't you feel confident and push to get a chance?

We've been spoiled a lot of ways as Broncos fans, but kicker is a sneaky big one. We haven't had any issues there since Elam came in 1993. Kicking is in the worst place it's maybe ever been in the NFL and we have one of the few fairly consistent ones.