Comments on: Saints sign Garrett Hartley to five-year deal http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lovethesaints http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-984179 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:24:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-984179 First off you have to remember that it takes a team to lose a game just like it takes a team to win a game. Hartley is young and has the potential to be a great kicker, give the guy a chance before you go hating on him. You thought he was great when he kicked the winning field goal to take the saints to the Super Bowl. I think the Saints made a great move by keeping Hartley. GO HARTLEY!!

]]> By: myeaglescantwin http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979453 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:36:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979453 Kickers are all mental. they just need a little reinforcement. The siants hope this contract will boss this guys confidence through this offseason.
& if he sux it up again, they will just cut him.. no gauranteed money so no worries..

personally, this guy lost me 3 games in the beginning of my fantasty league because of his multiple shanks.. i hope he fails terribly.

]]> By: xxwhodatxx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979423 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:48:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979423 Dude missed two kicks all year even though the one that came against the failcons hurt at the time.

]]> By: turbodog1027 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979380 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:31:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979380 It’s guaranteed that Hartley will cost you at least one game per year.

]]> By: robf2010 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979371 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:03:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979371 I think this was a good move. Morten Andersen missed a few early in his career, too. Hartley is a career 85% kicker. His performance in the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl bought him some extra patience from the staff. He’s young and he’ll get better.

]]> By: goawayeverybody http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979352 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:29:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979352 As a Saints fan, it’s easy to be mad at Hartley for missing that ridiculously easy field goal against the Falcons last season.

But then, I just think back to his flawless post-season the previous year, where he kicked my precious Saints into their first Super Bowl and made history becoming the only kicker in Super Bowl history to make three field goals from 40+ yards.

]]> By: whyjaaay http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979342 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:29:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979342 the saints would have surely won more games if they had an nfl kicker-like kicker. instead, this guy has single-handedly lost several games for the them (points wise). i really don’t know why they wouldn’t go pick up one of the free agent kickers or even consider drafting one with a “garbage” pick in the 7th.

]]> By: rymexico http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979321 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:31:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979321 Get John Carney on stand-by!

]]> By: xtb3 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979317 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:08:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979317 Not guaranteed years! Guaranteed!

]]> By: canadaramsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979302 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:31:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979302 lol hartley is a bum

]]> By: zoxitic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979296 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:22:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979296 The number of years doesn’t mean anything. The guaranteed money is the risk.

]]> By: 504in860 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979291 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:12:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979291 As long as they hire John Carney as a kicking consultant, then it’s all good.

]]> By: realitypolice http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979290 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:10:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979290 I wish when ever a media outlet reported a contract signing, they would just say “team X signed player Y to new contract”.

It is so stupid to put how many years the contract is for in the headline. NFL contracts aren’t worth the paper they are printed on in terms of years.

Who wants to bet that Hartley plays 5 years for the Saints under this contract?

Anyone? Anyone?

]]> By: tjp2033 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979283 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:51:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979283 wouldn’t have signed this guy for that long. Misses a lot of easy kicks most NFL kickers make.

But he did win them the NFC championship. Maybe they are rewarding him for that.

]]> By: aintsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979272 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:43:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979272 After signing Garrett said “Shank you very much!”

]]> By: terrellblowens http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979262 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:30:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979262 He was not so grreat last year. I don’t see many Saints games where I live, but every one that I did see, he seemed to kick at least one knuckler. The ball had such a bad spin on it and he was butchering some easy kicks that most NFL kickers would make. I don’t get why they offered him a new deal coming off a season like that, but I guess the front office executives know more than me.

]]> By: sdboltaction http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/saints-sign-garrett-hartley-to-five-year-deal/#comment-979259 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:25:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114573#comment-979259 Guess you have to make field goals somehow.

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