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| in the specialists for the Raiders last offseason Long-time specialists Sebastian Janikowski and Marquette King were let go and the replacements brought in by Jon Gruden underwhelmed. Eddy Pineiro was placed on injured reserve in September and Johnny Townsend has just a 38.2 net punt average this season. In the midst of this Gruden has said he has found the long term answer at kicker in Daniel Carlson. And he continues to earn the praise of his head coach. Since his arrival in Oakland at midseason Kolton Miller Jersey , he is 15/16 on field goals, including hitting his last 14 straight, and is 18/18 on extra points. His start continues to rise in Gruden’s eyes. “He’s my favorite player,” Gruden said Wednesday. “For a while there you don’t know your kickers name. I know this guy’s name. He’s really making a name for himself. Long range field goals, different climates, wet ball, high snap, low snap, on the road, cold weather, he has done it all for us. I don’t think he reminds me of anybody. He’s just tall. He’s a long kicker. I just met his brother who was at practice last week. He’s another up and coming P.J. Hall Jersey , tall kicker at Auburn. We are happy we have him. He’s clearly been one of the strengths of this team.”In a year in which Gruden was happy to gift players away, the Minnesota Vikings made a rash decision by cutting the rookie fifth rounder after he missed three field goals in one game and it turned into a gift to the Raiders. Since it is the holiday season, it is time to be thankful and count your blessings Thankful to the Vikings for letting a stud kicker to slip through their fingers and in turn bless the Raiders. When Blake Bortles was cut by the Jaguars and picked up by the Rams, he became the 13th quarterback from the 2014 NFL draft to leave the team that drafted him. Now only Derek Carr remains.Bortles was first quarterback selected and the third overall pick in 2014, and he lasted five seasons in Jacksonville. His was not a good career, but it was pretty good by the standards of the 2014 quarterback class.Other than Carr, there’s only one quarterback from that class who’s projected to be a starter this season: Jimmy Garoppolo, who was chosen in the second round by the Patriots and traded to the 49ers, where he’s currently atop the depth chart, as long as his surgically repaired knee holds up.Overall, that draft is a major disappointment at the quarterback position. While Carr is the only one still with the team that drafted him Brandon Parker Jersey , four are currently plying their trade in the Alliance of American Football: First-round pick Johnny Manziel, fifth-round pick Aaron Murray, sixth-round pick Zach Mettenberger and sixth-round pick Garrett Gilbert.Other than Carr, Garoppolo and Bortles, first-round pick Teddy Bridgewater is the only quarterback from the 2014 draft who’s still in the NFL. The rest — Logan Thomas, Tom Savage, David Fales, Keith Wenning and Tajh Boyd — are currently not on NFL rosters. It wasn’t a good year for quarterbacks. |
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