Akers Not Slumping?

y2lamanaki · Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 13030 Location: Lancaster, PA

Akers Not Slumping

CaptainKaep7 · Joined: 11 Nov 2012 Posts: 13 Location: FootballsFuture, Ca

stats don't lie but we see it differently when it seemed like he was dominating it last year. But it seems like he has missed the key ones that we really need.
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SoCalNiner · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 24395

Ataal · Joined: 17 Oct 2011 Posts: 3113 Location: Avondale, Arizona

Agreed. The big difference this year is the clutch factor. We really needed that kick to go through. It's hard to blame a guy for missing a few clutch kicks when he basically won half our games last year, though. Maybe not half. I haven't really looked at it that closely, but when your kicker breaks records, is the leading scorer in the league, you have to assume he's won a ton of games for us. I'll give him a few bad kicks. I just hope he pulls through for us down the stretch and into the playoffs.
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SoCalNiner · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 24395

It looks as if he's lost his magic now. I think we should seriously look at other options going into the playoffs.
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NinerNation21 · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 2012 Location: South Central PA

there will always be a way to skew stats to change the perception on players but just by looking at Akers, he does not look right. It seems to be a little bit of mental distractions plus possible injury with Akers. I dont study his form and follow through but the end result is underwhelming.

One thing I noticed last night that I dont recall ever seeing from akers this year is his leg strength during kickoffs. Now i dont know if its just the weather or what but all of Akers' kickoffs landed about 1-3 yards away from endzone. He used to kick them out the back of the endzone earlier in the season, and lets not forget about the 60+ yard FG. Im going to keep an eye on his kickoffs for the last two games because I dont remember Akers not being able to get the ball in the endzone during kickoffs.

Now this is just me thinking out loud but lets just say for sh*ts and giggles that Akers is injured somewhat significantly. Maybe his shanking FG's is a result of him compensating for his injury. The reduced power in his kickoffs would suggest A. Bad weather last night, B. Ware and tear of the season, C. Injury. Im gonna guess its a mixture of all three but my gut tells me its mostly C. I hope Akers isnt keeping a serious injury from the team because of fear of losing his job.

49ers4life52 · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 3384 Location: Fresno, CA

Sadly it looks like we will ride out Akers the rest of the year due to the lack of good kickers on the available in free agency. We will have to wait till the draft to get a new one. Having a bad a kicker going into the playoffs is going to have me worried.
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sherm · Joined: 09 Oct 2009 Posts: 1973

We can't trust him to make the kick in the playoffs. Last yr was last yr.
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Cali2Wisco · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2363 Location: 1st Round Bye

Akers just quit twitter because someone threatened his life if he missed another field goal...

NinerNation21 · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 2012 Location: South Central PA

steadypimpin · Joined: 01 Jan 2009 Posts: 12061 Location: Rockville, MD

Ataal · Joined: 17 Oct 2011 Posts: 3113 Location: Avondale, Arizona

No wonder Alex doesn't have a Twitter account.
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