Does "Icing" the kicker really work?

elderboy02 · 10-01-2012, 05:04 AM

Icing doesn't work. I have read many articles where in fact, not icing the kicker usually works in favor of the team who didn't call a time out.

OLS · 01-14-2013, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by elderboy02

Icing doesn't work. I have read many articles where in fact, not icing the kicker usually works in favor of the team who didn't call a time out.

I tend to believe THIS. I think they have always said kickers are mini-mental cases to begin with.
If the kicker KNOWS there is a timeout remaining, and he is going through his routine, RIGHT UP TO
SECOND that ball is snapped, the kicker is waiting for the whistle to blow, and NOT thinking about the kick.

"IS LUCY GOING TO PULL THAT FOOTBALL OUT OF THERE??"

To me it's like running to set up play action. You HAVE to run now and again to make the play action a viable
threat. I see not calling that timeout most of the time as a strategy. Provided of course that you occasionally
DO call one.

10-01-2012, 05:04 AM	#1
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