Comments on: Ravens’ Justin Tucker says icing the kicker will only help him

By: getadealdonealready

getadealdonealready — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:53:36 +0000

@Nofoolnodrool

Maybe if my kicker was the best rookie kicker in the league in Blair Walsh

Back on topic:
I’d say it depends on the mental make up of the kicker, and while I normally don’t think icing is a good thing, in the SB with the game on the line, I may give it a try to let the weight of the kick sink in a little, I would also have my players on the field yapping in his ear how important the kick was and not to pull a Norwood!

By: shen90

shen90 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:49:28 +0000

Icing the kicker has always helped the K, especially in domes. Saints have lost multiple games because of it. Seahawks lost to Falcons because of it. Icing the kicker never works and whenever my teams coach trys it I turn off game because know we just lost and if I watch I throw something into my tv.

By: jrebar88

jrebar88 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:41:36 +0000

Just like taking illegal practice kicks. The fix is in yall. Ravens going to win a controversial Super Bowl. Just watch. I dont like either team, and I would tather see the 49ers win, but this has a feeling of a fix.

By: marcuswelby1

marcuswelby1 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:28:30 +0000

Why would tucker say this out loud?

By: tv426

tv426 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:48:31 +0000

I used to kick (it was my 2nd position). I’d personally love to be iced. It was always a pain to kick well when rushed. When I could take my time I could kick like a mule.

As such, and from watching football over the years, I’ve concluded that icing is the dumbest thing ever attempted in the history of the game.

If anything coaches should try to reverse this – make the kicker rush the kick. You’d have a much better chance of him missing it.

By: benroethlisberger7

benroethlisberger7 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:30:18 +0000

Does anyone have the statistics for icing the kicker? Let’s clear this up now.

By: skittlesareyum

skittlesareyum — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:27:10 +0000

At some point not icing the kicker is going to have the intended effect (putting aside the question of whether it really works). I bet most kickers expect a timeout to be called, and if one isn’t they might be a little surprised and thrown off.

By: thefox61

thefox61 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:55:47 +0000

OK 2nd time posting this…
Icing the kicker does not work. Adopted from basketball where icing the shooter rarely works, I wonder how long coaches will continue to use this antiquated and useless tactic?

By: Nofoolnodrool

Nofoolnodrool — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:47:21 +0000

Tucker is a beast. You wish he was your FG kicker. Hate on haters.

Hey you posted that before…can’t tell anymore they all look the same..
Gotta hope you don’t get tuckered…good luck today fan boy.. Got ya Kleenex ready just in case.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:34:13 +0000

Tucker is a beast. You wish he was your FG kicker. Hate on haters.

By: eaglesnoles05

eaglesnoles05 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:31:21 +0000

Friggin’ thumbs down clownshow in here. This is funny stuff. Esp the brothers one.

By: yooperman

yooperman — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:27:15 +0000

Any time a kicker hears the whistles blow and the ball is snapped, they should try to miss just by a few feet with the free kick. It loosen the leg AND makes the other coach look bad. They should never make the free kick.

By: stampnhawk

stampnhawk — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:20:43 +0000

If I were a Ravens kicker I’d just keep as low a profile as possible until they make the difference…see Cundiff, Billy.

By: eaglesnoles05

eaglesnoles05 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:19:57 +0000

I think I’ve seen more missed kicks that don’t count turn into made ones the next play after a late ice-the-kicker timeouts than I’ve seen it work as intended.

Regardless, seeing it happen once ever would be enough for me to never call a timeout before a kick again if i were coaching.

By: wolfiereasonedlife

wolfiereasonedlife — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:16:05 +0000

By the way, you know what doesn’t ice a kicker? Deer antler extract. Just saying.

By: jakec4

jakec4 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:14:53 +0000

Akers is probably the one to worry about. Not Tucker.

By: wolfiereasonedlife

wolfiereasonedlife — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:14:37 +0000

Hey did you know that the coaches for BOTH super bowl teams are brothers? Weird eh? I wonder why none of the media have thought to mention this little factoid? I hope someone thinks to mention it during the broadcast and expounds on it for an hour or so. Maybe do a few in-depth pieces, some video vignettes. Show the parents with split jerseys on cut-aways about 50 times. Then when this is done get around to mentioning what happened on the field. But you know, only if there’s time. Brothers….did you know they were brothers? What a great story bro….

By: stanggtman

stanggtman — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:14:15 +0000

No talking till you are past the rook level, Tucker.

By: nepatriots128154

nepatriots128154 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:06:46 +0000

How do we know that icing the kicker actually hurts the kicker and Tucker is trying to get Jim Harbaugh not to ice him? Hmmmmmm…