Thomas Morstead
 

He basically controlled the Bears' field position all day long. 4 touchbacks, and only one returnable punt for minimal yards by Hester. I think he's probably the most underrated player on the team.

"Thomas Morstead"

is bad ass...as far as kickers go.

The long punt from our endzone was huge. Very important to get it that far and out of bounds.

Was that the one that sailed over Hester's head? What a punt!? I think he mis-judged that kick by twenty yards! It was huge!!

Morstead was great all day, keeping Hester at bay, and working the field position. Kasey also was impressive, shut alot of people up after the 50+ yarder with his age.

Stellar performance. If you could give a gameball to a punter, then he'd deserve it yesterday.

Alaska

I have to eat my words about Kasay I did want this guy but he came threw with the long field goal.

Ditto! Bears didn't give us much either on returns either. They know better than to kick it long to Sproles. They'll get a who dat chant shortly after in our end zone if they do LOL.

Anytime you contain Hester you have done a man's job!!

Hester negligible...Morstead was the heat yesterday. 45.8 yard average, ZERO touchbacks, and one punt downed inside the 20. Nicely angled with good hang-time on the punts (well hung punts? can I say that?). Oh yeah, and Hester had 1 punt return for -4. Special teams (FINALLY!) was a winner winner chicken dinner yesterday. McMahon still needs to tweak the kick-off coverage, but he may keep his coordinator job for at least one more week under close supervision and parental guidance.

That one punt was stellar. Must have been 70 yards in there. I thought for a second he was Erxlerben.

Still think he's not worth what we gave for him Danno?

Absolutely. He a friggin Punter. No punter is worth two draft picks in a 4 pick draft. Its the least important position on a football team.

There's a reason why only 1 or 2 are drafted every year, and we gave up two picks for him.

I'm glad he's our punter, but we paid too much for him, even if he makes 9 consecutive pro-bowls.

I'll type this real slow so there's no mistaking my opinion on it...

TWO DRAFT PICKS IN A FOUR PICK DRAFT IS TOO MUCH TO GIVE FOR THE LEAST IMPORTANT POSITION ON A FOOTBALL TEAM.

Do you need any further clarification of my opinion on the matter?

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This guys is phenomenal. I was gushing during the game and still gushing now.

I watch many sports that have a kicking element and his kicking would be ace in all of them

I wrote this 01-25-2010, 02:29 PM and it still applies.
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Not at the moment...maybe later. :)

But, FWIW...I think you are wrong on this one.

Those two draft picks wouldn't even be starting..how is this an issue?

He's money, and been playing like it too.

I don't think there is any such thing as a "least important position" on a NFL team. Just one guy not doing his job efficiently can result in a big fat L. That includes the LS, the holder, and the kicker/punter.

Thomas Morstead has a VERY important job and he does it well, and does it consistently. We're very fortunate to have this guy on our roster.

Well the draft is a crap shoot anyway. The 2 players we picked before Morestead didn't pan out and are no longer with the team (Arnoux and Vaughn). So anytime you have a draft pick that is on the team and making contributions I think however you got him was worth it.

I was surprised I made it through a page without someone asking Danno his opinion of the Morestead deal...hehe

I seem to remember a certain kick in 2010…I can’t remember…hold it…it’s coming to me…someone help me out…Ooohhhh yeah, a perfect, hard to handle, onside kick that completely turned the momentum of Superbowl 44 around to the Saints favor, and took away a possession from the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts. The outcome of that game could have easily been a Colts victory without that extra possession. He has been doing a magnificent job ever since. Is two draft picks worth a Superbowl victory? Personally, I think so. Just my opinion.

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Also like your avatar!

Exception: see Ricky Williams Draft information lol

Well said

Not well said...

1. Thomas Morstead isn't the reason we won the Superbowl.
2. Thomas Morstead isn't the only kicker that can kick on-sides.
3. The reason it worked was the surprise, not the kick.
4. The kick bounced off a normally sure handed WR.

You can say he's the reason we won the Superbowl, I'll go with Brees, PT, Colston, Porter, Greer etc.

He's a punter.

I think it was Scott Fujita challenging Manning to an Oreo lick off that really won the game:broccoli:

I hate to beat a dead horse, but...

That statement is incorrect, because the Saints traded their 7th round pick in 2009 for a 5th round pick in the same draft. However, they also gave away their 5th round pick in the 2010 draft, but that doesn't equate to them giving up "two draft picks in a four pick draft". If anything, they improved their draft in 2009 (7th round pick to 5th round pick) by giving up a late round pick in the next years draft.

I do agree that one could make an argument against using two draft picks - 5th and 7th - to draft a punter, but that is a whole other argument than debating whether using two draft picks in a 4 pick draft was worth it.

Anyway, I totally think it was worth it, because Morstead has been very reliable and good in his performances ever since the day he first put on the black & gold uniform.

I'm certainly not saying he's the reason we son the Superbowl. I agree with you. There are many reasons we won that game, and Morestead was, I feel, a big part of that victory, just like Brees, Greer, Porter, Colston, Hartley, etc. It was a true team effort that day and Morestead was a big part of the team. With that successful onside kick, we took away a possession from the Colts and we gained an extra possession. That is a possible point swing of 14 points. We won that game by 14 points. Am I reaching? Probably. But I'm glad it was Morestead kicking that ball that day.

LMAO. You may be right Strat.

He is also a great guy. He was one of the last people signing autographs at training camp. And oh yeah, he played rugby where kicking for space is critical.