Mourtada

[Arnold_Palmer]

He hit line 41/45 a few years ago with BC! Absolute game changer. 

[TrueBlue4ever]

3 minutes ago, JCon said:

Oh my god, that's Castillo's music!

Which of course was ridiculous to say when we had Crapigna here.

We didn’t get Crapigna until after his original comment to be fair. But it apparently is easy to bring in kickers on the fly. Now, as to the quality of those kickers, we’ll……..,

[Goalie]

I'd assume again here 

Castillo comes in this season and explores NFL options in the off season. Gabe is here because long term we need a kicker also 

[TBURGESS]

7 minutes ago, JCon said:

Which of course was ridiculous to say when we had Crapigna here.

Which of course isn't true as Crappy hadn't been signed yet, but don't let the facts get in the way of your hate.

Assuming we've signed Castillo... great pick up.

[M.O.A.B.]

11 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Ok, this would suggest Castillo is not a slam dunk to come here if they are stockpiling kickers. Sounds like training camp auditions 2.0 going on right now. 
TBurg called it back in pre-season when he said they shouldn’t just gift the job to Liegghio and should bring in some competition. Oh well, I guess week 11 is better than nothing. 

Early this season, no one is available though since Lirim and Castillo are still chasing NFL gigs... and who knew that BC holds Castillo rights. 

[TrueBlue4ever]

I guess it will all shake down at some point, but lots of possible assumptions that could be made, which can be a fool’s errand to guess which one it is. I will wait until a presser from O’Shea for clarity. Who knows, maybe Mourtada has one more game in him before all the changes occur. 

[Goalie]

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

Which of course isn't true as Crappy hadn't been signed yet, but don't let the facts get in the way of your hate.

Assuming we've signed Castillo... great pick up.

It's easy to say do this do that behind a monitor..  name a kicker who was available then tho. You can't. But don't let facts get in your way 

[17to85]

[bearpants]

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

Which of course isn't true as Crappy hadn't been signed yet, but don't let the facts get in the way of your hate.

Assuming we've signed Castillo... great pick up.

This is true... you were right to call them out on that... then they alleviated your concerns by signing Crapinga... not exactly a game changing signing... but they (and some here, myself included) agreed with your assessment and tried to fix it... 

Finally... they have properly fixed it...

[M.O.A.B.]

I would guess Castillo is not yet available for this week, hence Mourtada is not given the pink slip yet and we brought Ferraro. 

[Jesse]

1 minute ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

I guess it will all shake down at some point, but lots of possible assumptions that could be made, which can be a fool’s errand to guess which one it is. I will wait until a presser from O’Shea for clarity. Who knows, maybe Mourtada has one more game in him before all the changes occur. 

BC game for sure, but then we're on bye, right?

Lots of time for travel and quarentine.

[Jpan85]

2 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

I guess it will all shake down at some point, but lots of possible assumptions that could be made, which can be a fool’s errand to guess which one it is. I will wait until a presser from O’Shea for clarity. Who knows, maybe Mourtada has one more game in him before all the changes occur. 

I would let Lieggo do everything for this game

[Saidin]

If Castillo's in the states, he might need to quarantine if he isn't vax'd... 

[Dr Zaius]

Just now, Jpan85 said:

I would let Lieggo do everything for this game

The added pressure for Mourtada is not going to help his performance on Saturday. If they're sure Castillo is coming cut Mourtada today 

[Goalie]

Mourtada is done so why dress him this week. Waste of roster spot 

[Bigblue204]

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

I would let Lieggo do everything for this game

I would wait until we've clinched.

[TrueBlue4ever]

Just now, Jesse said:

BC game for sure, but then we're on bye, right?

Lots of time for travel and quarentine.

Yep, lots of stuff can happen during the bye week. 
If Mourtada goes 5 for 5 and makes a game-winning kick, that would create a possible dilemma. And this place would lose its mind with angst. 

[Goalie]

1 minute ago, Saidin said:

If Castillo's in the states, he might need to quarantine if he isn't vax'd... 

I'd imagine he's vaxxed If he was trying to grab an NFL gig. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

Just now, Goalie said:

Mourtada is done so why dress him this week. Waste of roster spot 

Agreed I used to kick back in school I was money from inside the 40 put me in coach! I don’t need to be paid just give me one of those championship rings after!

[Goalie]

4 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Yep, lots of stuff can happen during the bye week. 
If Mourtada goes 5 for 5 and makes a game-winning kick, that would create a possible dilemma. And this place would lose its mind with angst. 

No dilemma there at all. Bye bye American who can't hit from past 40. 

I mean the guys been here weeks now... he's not good enough 

4 of 10 prior to last week or 40 percent... 4 of 5 last week making him 8 of 15 or just over 50 percent... he could go 10 for 10 this week. He's done. It's more likely he misses half his kicks tho. 

Edited October 19, 2021 by Goalie

[Dr Zaius]

there's like 7 weeks left until the Grey Cup.

With a playoff bye almost a certainty a guy like Castillo could make a good chunk of change on the additional playoff salary. That has to be enticing for him.

Edited October 19, 2021 by Dr Zaius

[bearpants]

9 minutes ago, Jesse said:

BC game for sure, but then we're on bye, right?

Lots of time for travel and quarentine.

Doesn't make any sense to play Mourtada this week if Castillo can't go right away... Maybe that Ferraro can punt and they'll let Leggs to the place kicking... Either that or I'd give it all to Leggs... Mourtada is a dead man walking.. and as @TrueBlue4ever said, what happens if he has a good game... last thing we need is a kicker controversy in a season where we've had nothing but sketchy kicking...

[wbbfan]

Soo happy with this move didn't know bc still had his cfl. Rights. But he's the kicker to get imo. 

Castillo is a better punter than legs too imo. And drastically better at ko. 

[Bubba Zanetti]

WHO IS COMING TO RESCUE OUR KICKING GAME?!?!

Edited October 19, 2021 by Bubba Zanetti

[M.O.A.B.]

CASTILLO 
Punting - 44.4 average, longest 90yds (2016 vs Ott)
FG - 80 made / 92 attempts 87%, 57 longest (2017 vs Ham)
PAT - 55 made / 60 attempts 
KO - 61.5 average, 95 longest