tsylvester

A lot of good players, so few spots truly open.

Both kickers they had in the camps so far started out really well, then faltered in the latest camp. I am sure when real camp starts, they will, If they feel the need, bring a kicker in.

Great question, will Heyward have anything left in the tank? He looked pretty spent the 2nd half of the season

Ack, did you read the first part, most of the kickers drafted washed out of the NFL. It's OTAs, new snapper to get used to, new holder, tired leg maybe because they need to get into NFL shape. He did great in the first camp, struggled in the last camp. To be expected.

The Miami Dolphins have traded three-time All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for three-time All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a pick swap, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday. As part of the trade, the Dolphins are sending a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Steelers and will receive a 2027 fifth-round pick back from Pittsburgh. Ramsey will get a $1.5 million raise this season, bringing his 2025 compensation up to $26.6 million, sources told Schefter. Smith will receive a one-year contract extension worth $12 million, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey told Schefter. Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick heads back to Miami, where he began his career after the Dolphins selected him 11th overall in the 2018 draft. The Dolphins traded him to the Steelers in 2019 as he grew unhappy with his role on the team after then-coach Brian Flores moved him from safety to nickelback. Ramsey, who has 24 interceptions in his career, joins a loaded cornerback group with the Steelers, who signed Darius Slay Jr. in free agency earlier this offseason and also have incumbent starter Joey Porter Jr. Without Fitzpatrick, DeShon Elliott, who signed a two-year extension this offseason, is the most veteran safety at the position for Pittsburgh, but Ramsey, a cornerback throughout his nine-year NFL career, could transition to safety. The Steelers also signed free safety Juan Thornhill, a former Kansas City Chiefs second-round pick, in free agency. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45617415/steelers-acquire-all-pro-cb-jalen-ramsey-trade-dolphins

Drafting kickers is a notoriously risky proposition. To illustrate, from 2010-16, only 11 kickers were selected through the NFL draft. Of those 11 drafted kickers, only three — Greg Zuerlein, Randy Bullock, and Dustin Hopkins — are still in the NFL today In the meantime, several undrafted kickers have made impressive careers for themselves. Justin Tucker is the prime example, as he ended his time in Baltimore with him holding the highest field goal conversion percentage in NFL history. Players like Brandon Aubrey, Chris Boswell, Cameron Dicker, and Younghoe Koo have all followed in Tucker’s footsteps as undrafted standouts in recent years. The Patriots knew they were going to add a kicker at some point in the offseason, but in the sixth round of the draft, one certain factor led them to pull the trigger on Borregales. Per Reiss, the Patriots brass knew that Baltimore was going to be looking to draft a kicker at some point to address Tucker’s troubling legal situation. Four picks in front of the Ravens, they tabbed Borregales. Baltimore ended up with Arizona’s Tyler Loop instead, who has reportedly been struggling so far in offseason activities. Regardless, Borregales stands to be a key player in New England’s rookie class. Borregales never converted less that 80 percent of his kicks in four years with the Hurricanes, and he ended his time in Coral Gables with his strongest season. In a high-scoring offense led by No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward, Borregales did his part converting all 62 extra point attempts and 18 of 19 field goals attempts, including a 56-yarder. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2025/06/patriots-kept-k-andy-borregales-from-falling-to-ravens

Better coaching both in kicking and especially with working out. They have specialists now in high-school for kicking. Our coach lined us all up and said try...

Dating back to the later half of the year before and now we know why. It may take a year or two, if not longer to replace him. Though kickers have been getting better

Yeah it's is early, at the same time, we are talking about replacing a guy who is/was the most accurate kicker of all time

League suspends Tucker 10 games per Espn

He has worked harder each year, you can see it in his play. He works out in the offseason with 2 of his receivers. What else, besides winning in the playoffs, do you want him to do above what other qbs do?

That was the most difficult one because of the size and the frenzy of guaranteed money. This one is more of an extension of sorts and should not take as long. He found out that other teams are not as interested in trading 2 #1's, plus all of that guaranteed money

Listening to him, he clearly wants a title and knows that he alone cannot get one. He also knows that his completion %, his td to int ratio, his average yard per pass, his rushing all make him one of the best in the game. These, if he continues on this path, will lead to the Hall of Fame. So yes, he wants top dog dollars but in a way that also allows the team to keep key players.

That is assuming the Ravens or another team were willing to go that high! As it stands, other teams were not willing to: trade that much capital for him, pay that much money to him. Why? Injury risk, his constant illness that keeps him out of practice, caused him to miss plays, even a game. IBS? Drones? Who knows..... Then of course was the type of offense he needs, needed to be in.. All of which left few, if any teams, including the Ravens, from paying that much more to him. I'm glad they could meet in the middle, that he is a Ravens qb, as are they, he is special and has gotten a handle on the illness front for the most part, save spicy taco Tuesday from time to time...

It's worked out for him and his mom, who gets a cut of the contract as she is listed as a business partner. $350 mil, what's another $100? He will get his next huge deal in a few months. It's enough money for him, his kids & family for generations, longer if invested properly. Another $100 + mil the agent MIGHT have gotten would really only hurt the franchise, not him