It may or may not be about Kenney - recall that we are playing a backup long snapper, and he almost lost the game for us with a bad snap Flintoft and Kenney did great work to salvage for the ultimately winning field goal - but it’s obvious Pritchard does not have faith in the place kicking operation. He has politely alluded to this in discussing certain situational decisions. More importantly, we can all see what he’s chosen to do time and time again. We do not try long field goals.
Let’s be real: Kenney has had a bad year. He missed a 33 yarder against Hawaii, made 24 and 30 yarders against Miami, made a 29 yarder against Georgia Tech, missed a 46 yarder and made a 43 yarder against Wake Forest, missed a 35 yarder against Elon, and made a 31 yarder against NC State. Kenney hasn’t been reliable and Pritchard hasn’t relied on him. I don’t know if it’s more Kenney’s fault or an overall kicking operation. What’s clear is our kicking has been bad this year and Pritchard regularly riverboat gambles rather than risk the aggravation of kicking without getting points to show for it.
PFF grades Kenney the 125th place kicker this year after being 76th last year and 18th the year before. Kenney had a pretty great story of biding his time for years and then being a bona fide weapon as a senior. Unfortunately, he’s been truly terrible as both a fifth and sixth year player and this is a damaging use of money/opportunity cost. It cheeses me off that Bironas stupidly got himself injured. We’ve been suffering with the ghost of Emmet Kenney for two years.
Let’s be real: Kenney has had a bad year. He missed a 33 yarder against Hawaii, made 24 and 30 yarders against Miami, made a 29 yarder against Georgia Tech, missed a 46 yarder and made a 43 yarder against Wake Forest, missed a 35 yarder against Elon, and made a 31 yarder against NC State. Kenney hasn’t been reliable and Pritchard hasn’t relied on him. I don’t know if it’s more Kenney’s fault or an overall kicking operation. What’s clear is our kicking has been bad this year and Pritchard regularly riverboat gambles rather than risk the aggravation of kicking without getting points to show for it.
PFF grades Kenney the 125th place kicker this year after being 76th last year and 18th the year before. Kenney had a pretty great story of biding his time for years and then being a bona fide weapon as a senior. Unfortunately, he’s been truly terrible as both a fifth and sixth year player and this is a damaging use of money/opportunity cost. It cheeses me off that Bironas stupidly got himself injured. We’ve been suffering with the ghost of Emmet Kenney for two years.