More Resilience On Display For Gay
November 10th, 2019
Bucs fans all saw Matt Gay crap the bed in September against the Giants and quickly bounce back to earn Bucs fans’ trust, which is very hard to do around here at the kicker position.
Gay was good following the Giants fiasco but lost in last week’s overtime loss at Seattle was a missed 50-yard field goal. Hey, you can’t make them all, but then today Gay came back home and missed a 46-yarder in the fourth quarter with the game tied at 20.
Joe was heartbroken and tense, but then a flag on Arizona wiped the miss off the board and gave Gay another try from 41 yards.
He nailed it.
A mentally weak rookie kicker might have fallen apart right there. But Gay again showed he can handle pressure.
He’s not the best kicker in the NFL, and he won’t get Pro Bowl consideration, but Gay has managed to be pretty darn good, which is worthy of a parade around these parts and high praise on these pages after a years of bad kickers.
A strong finish to this season by Gay would give Joe a load of confidence and make the Bucs’ high-powered offense that much more dangerous heading into next season.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:11 pm
Gay is good.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:13 pm
GAAAYYYYYYYYYY!
November 10th, 2019 at 6:18 pm
Good job, proud of the guy. Glad he overcame his struggles with depression and glad he’s kicking ass here with the Bucs.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:19 pm
He’s the least of this teams problems.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:22 pm
He’s a kicker he will let bucs down again. Kickers are not football players or people…. they are simply a neccessary evil
November 10th, 2019 at 6:27 pm
Gay is the way!😂
November 10th, 2019 at 6:34 pm
Gag has been mediocre at best…but because he’s a Licht Weight draft pick…he’s got staying power.
Gagged away the Giant game
Critical miss vs Panthers ( first match-up)
Critical misses vs Seattle and today
Underwhelming.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:46 pm
Now if Winston will stop crapping the bed. Thanks to this horrid D, who kept ARI to a FG on the INT on Winston’s first drive, and Dean’s pick, they had a chance to win, and did. But again, rookie outplays Winston. Yeah, Gay is resilient, but that’s about it.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:53 pm
I’m overwhelmed by Gayness.
And I’m happy Gay has some balls.
November 10th, 2019 at 6:58 pm
“If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let’em go, because, man, they’re gone.”
November 10th, 2019 at 7:22 pm
I guess yo missed the graphic where Gay leads the NFL in 40+ Yard FGs so while other kickers are padding their % with short kicks, Gay is kick well.
November 10th, 2019 at 8:05 pm
He’s made the 4th most field goals in the entire league so far.
8th most PATs
Overall, he’s the 4th highest scoring kicker in the league, but only the 12th highest FG %.
Not bad for a rookie. He seems to have the mental game down which is usually the biggest issues with kickers.
November 10th, 2019 at 8:06 pm
Oh yeah and tied for 1st for the most FGs made over 40+ yards
November 10th, 2019 at 8:09 pm
After taking a look back at Gay’s stats…I admit I was overly critical. Go gay.
November 10th, 2019 at 8:54 pm
It would be nice if a kicker could make every kick, but that doesn’t happen, Give the guy a break. He is a good kicker. He should only get better. Not a bad for a 5th round pick
November 10th, 2019 at 9:25 pm
I’m as gay as a three dollar bill that Gay hits more than he misses.