Suisham had been fairly reliable on other field goals, but he missed a 39-yarder that could have helped win the game against the Cowboys and a 23-yarder against the Saints on Sunday. Two very costly and very makeable misses. It isn't a big surprise.
I like Suisham and was having a pretty good year until recently but you have got to that 23 yarder.
Skins signed former Florida State standout Graham Gano to replace him, according to a league source. Gano, who spent last summer in training camp with the Baltimore Ravens and this season in the UFL, beat out kickers such as Mike Nugent, Nick Novak and Shane Andrus for the Redskins kicking job.
Hopefully Gano proves to be the answer but kickers are a dime a dozen and there are plenty of others out there.
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This was expected. Suisham didn't get cut for missing that one kick. He was the least accurate kicker in the league last year and he missed very makable kicks playing indoors against the Cowgirls a couple games ago too. I never felt comfortable when he came out to try a field goal. He's always been too erratic.
Even if Gano isn't any better, kicker is a position that needed to be addressed, so I'm glad to see something happen. If the season were not already lost, I'd say this wasn't necessary, but we might as well try to improve for next year now.
I'm okay with this cut too. There needs to be consequences for underperformers
I actually liked Suisham. He had issues last year but performed well this year until his recent big misses. I feel bad for the guy but have no problem with the cut.
Again, kickers are a dime a dozen and if Gano doesn't work out, there is always someone else that can come in.
Here's everything negative about Suisham: He is Canadian (he's no Mike Meyers). He played for the Cowboys. He directionally kicked two balls out of bounds against the Eagles. He doesn't kick that deep anyway. He's lost two games this year. He missed a lot last year. He's no Colt Brennan with the ladies.
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