MVP of 2022 season?
Here’s the case:
15-16 on FGA
Perfect on PAT
Consistently reaching end zone on kickoffs.
He did miss a kick in the Tulsa game but was 4-5 including a 55 yarder in a game we won by 3 in OT.
His FG was the difference in the 17-14 AFA win (it’s a stretch because it was a very short FG and the kick the AFA kicker missed was a long one).
The real key though is the UNM game. This was a 20-14 game with UNM having one last possession to try to come back. The difference up to the point was Hoyland going 2-2 and the UNM kicker going 0-2. If we swapped kickers that would have been us having to put together a desperation TD drive at the end and it likely would have ended the same way UNM’s did.
Maybe MVP is a bit strong, but I greatly appreciate what a luxury it is to have a reliable kicker. He has always been accurate, but he has really gotten stronger and now he consistently reaches the end zone on kickoffs (at least at altitude) and is a very solid option up to 55 at altitude and 50 at lower elevations.
Could really go down as one of the better place kickers we have ever had if he maintains this pace.
Here’s the case:
15-16 on FGA
Perfect on PAT
Consistently reaching end zone on kickoffs.
He did miss a kick in the Tulsa game but was 4-5 including a 55 yarder in a game we won by 3 in OT.
His FG was the difference in the 17-14 AFA win (it’s a stretch because it was a very short FG and the kick the AFA kicker missed was a long one).
The real key though is the UNM game. This was a 20-14 game with UNM having one last possession to try to come back. The difference up to the point was Hoyland going 2-2 and the UNM kicker going 0-2. If we swapped kickers that would have been us having to put together a desperation TD drive at the end and it likely would have ended the same way UNM’s did.
Maybe MVP is a bit strong, but I greatly appreciate what a luxury it is to have a reliable kicker. He has always been accurate, but he has really gotten stronger and now he consistently reaches the end zone on kickoffs (at least at altitude) and is a very solid option up to 55 at altitude and 50 at lower elevations.
Could really go down as one of the better place kickers we have ever had if he maintains this pace.
