Michael Dickson

[po elvis 2076]

Hey Pete you can have dicko kick that with the tee.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Yikes

[Ghost of Shag 2615]

What the hell was he thinking?

[Horn80 6131]

4 minutes ago, po elvis said:

Hey Pete you can have dicko kick that with the tee.

Another Pete brain fart

[Patrick Bateman 3918]

4 minutes ago, po elvis said:

Hey Pete you can have dicko kick that with the tee.

He doesn't like to..... I think he was trying to pop it up almost straight up and just didn't execute.

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, Patrick Bateman said:

He doesn't like to..... I think he was trying to pop it up almost straight up and just didn't execute.

Yep, hit it too high.

[4th&Five 41574]

Sucks he had to be put in that position. 

[LonghornSean 4019]

Bounced up on him and came off the ankle instead of the toe.

Yep looked like was trying to get the toe under it and hit it way up high, but it came off his ankle.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

a skyhigh drop kick that goes 10-20 yards that becomes a defacto jump-ball seems like it could be the future of onside kicking. 

Edited January 6, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[The_Great_Hornsby 3275]

5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

a skyhigh drop kick that goes 10-20 yards that becomes a defacto jump-ball seems like it could be the future of onside kicking. 

Honestly, youre totally right, sounds like a good strategy, someone will try it. Then the league will ban it because of the high speed collisions or whatever.

[Boogaloo 268]

I thought he was going for some unique sky ball for a second

[Billy Pilgrim 1984]

Can’t the receiving team fair catch a sky ball?

[Patrick Bateman 3918]

25 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Sucks he had to be put in that position. 

He's been in that position many times this season..... They've onside kicked with him a lot this season.

[cmontexas 3272]

Oof

[spystud13 2371]

A lot is an exaggeration, but he hasn’t been much better. Although I do believe Janikowski has NEVER had a successful onside in his career. 

[AUS-97HORN 11813]

18 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Can’t the receiving team fair catch a sky ball?

if its bounced off the ground first- no.  so if he drop kicks it, the fair catch cant be called. but it either needs to hit the ground before he kicks it, or hits the ground right after he kicks it to avoid the fair catch issue. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

31 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Honestly, youre totally right, sounds like a good strategy, someone will try it. Then the league will ban it because of the high speed collisions or whatever.

dickson will have it perfected by training camp. they'll just start doing it for fun next year.

Edited January 6, 2019 by Goo Punch

[Spankytoes 1743]

He has the entire offseason to perfect it. 

[Hook1997 5397]

Yea that seems like it would of worked out better by having him kick it from the tee.....

[futureman 22517]

1 hour ago, AUS-97HORN said:

if its bounced off the ground first- no.  so if he drop kicks it, the fair catch cant be called. but it either needs to hit the ground before he kicks it, or hits the ground right after he kicks it to avoid the fair catch issue. 

you have no idea what you’re talking about.  

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

Yep, hit it too high.

[Treefidy 1469]

There's the fair catch kick rule that's obscure but has been done before.  

If you fair catch a kick, you have the option to then kick from that spot, either a drop kick or place kick for 3pts.  Phil Dawson was the last player to attempt it and its only been successful once in the past 50 years.  Kick is made from the spot of the catch, defense is not allowed to block it, thus trajectory is not an issue  

i believe a fair catch can only be called if the ball has not hit the ground during the kick. Since its legal to have someone hold the ball on kickoff if necessary, I wonder if the holder could keep the ball held backwards so the kicker could hit much more of  a wedge kick, short and up?

Edited January 6, 2019 by Treefidy

[irishtexan 11522]

So with the final recruiting rankings coming out here over the next few days, I wonder if we were to go back and re-rank Dicko, where would he ultimately end up in 247's rankings? Based on being the number 149 player taken in the draft, he would be a high 4 star, which is apparently what 247 bases its rankings on. For some perspective, that's 6 spots higher than Jake Smith is currently ranked. 

Anyway, Michael Dickson is good.

[futureman 22517]

On 1/6/2019 at 2:23 AM, Treefidy said:

i believe a fair catch can only be called if the ball has not hit the ground during the kick. 

you can fair catch a drop kick like dickson has done before.  the ball does not touch the ground after he makes contact with it.  it can be fair caught. 

[Modessit 5603]

I'd think he might have better luck with a hard rugby-style kick-pass right at an unsuspecting player. Hope for a muffed catch and jump on it.

[kingkoopa6 8377]

 

[Nope 3121]

“Big Mike Dick”

[SDG 3319]

Lutz

 

[SDG 3319]

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[jeevsie 3738]

Well, now, there's a charity I've never heard of.

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

It's actually a pretty cool organization:

Heifer International

I personally prefer to give Water Buffalo. Because, you know.... Water Buffalo.

[TrashMaster G 17583]

2 hours ago, jeevsie said:

Well, now, there's a charity I've never heard of.

 

[markstanco 12586]

3 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

Perhaps they should have got a real production company to do the ad instead of the local High School as a school project. 

[Reese Bennett 3615]

1 hour ago, Walden Ponderer said:

It's actually a pretty cool organization:

Heifer International

I personally prefer to give Water Buffalo. Because, you know.... Water Buffalo.

Ha! That and Lifewater are two of my favorite foreign charities.

[LTtxfan 49328]

Found no other place to put this, so adding info to this thread ..... Story on funny and unusual  things punters do during practices.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26358527/the-trick-shot-killing-practice-habits-college-punters-kickers

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Reese Bennett 3615]

Congrats to Dicko for being named to the NFL.com All-Under 25 Team.

https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/30/seahawks-punter-michael-dickson-named-to-nfl-all-under-25-team/

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

Before Dicko started doing his thing, punting was pretty boring and really rudimentary. It seemed to follow the same equation of just kicking it and trying to flip the field. Now, it's legitimately weaponized for pinning the opposing offenses deep in their own territory. I'm wondering when punt returners will be asked to try and screen the first gunner so they have a harder time keeping the ball from being a touchback. It's doubtful that more than the one returner will be put back there.

[texifornia 57046]

1 hour ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

Before Dicko started doing his thing, punting was pretty boring and really rudimentary. It seemed to follow the same equation of just kicking it and trying to flip the field. Now, it's legitimately weaponized for pinning the opposing offenses deep in their own territory. I'm wondering when punt returners will be asked to try and screen the first gunner so they have a harder time keeping the ball from being a touchback. It's doubtful that more than the one returner will be put back there.

Credit to some smaller schools for picking it up first - Tom Hornsey (Memphis), Tom Hackett (Utah), and Mitch Wishnowsky (Utah) were all Aussies and they won the Ray guy the four years before Dicko did.

[SDG 3319]

ESPN Australia 

 

[texifornia 57046]

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[gsoda3 3279]

what does he mean when he says the NFL has a different launch point than in college?  is he talking about the shape of the football in ncaa vs nfl and how that comes off his foot?

[Jkwellborn 6718]

Maybe he gets the snap deeper. Obligatory/ Like I did to your mom

[texifornia 57046]

Drew Magary got to Seattle in his Why Your Team Sucks series. This is the "what might not suck" section in full:

Quote

What might not suck: Hey, the new punter is good. Unless he’s emergency kicking.

https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2019-seattle-seahawks-1837244439

 

[Hornius Emeritus 12480]

Love to see Horn brotherhood in the NFL.

Kris signed the shirt that Dickson is holding "Take me to fucking Australia. Love you bro."


 

Edited August 21, 2019 by Hornius Emeritus

[texifornia 57046]

 

[Machinator 32099]

Uncharacteristically bad punt from Dickson leads to a return TD for the Saints.

[texifornia 57046]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Uncharacteristically bad punt from Dickson leads to a return TD for the Saints.

Buj is stealing his mojo. Dude was nails last night.