Why Joshua Karty missed the 25 yard field goal.

39 comments

1. Yes the wind was a factor on kicks and throws. But as it pertains to kicks, you still shouldn’t be missing 26 yarders. Special teams are supposed to account for this stuff. Regardless I’ve never felt they’re close to moving off of him. Just hope it gets better.

2. Professional kickers need to take the wind into consideration, that’s why they are a PROFESSIONAL.

3. I dont care about the wind. Why didnt he account for the wind and aim more towards the left/center? Just cant miss from 25 yards and blame the wind, we arent talking about a 50+ yarder here.

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5. Crazy how the same conditions didn’t affect the quarterbacks throwing the ball and the other team’s kicker. 🙄

6. I get it there wind but Karty does make those kicks. He had a bad game we can’t let him go just for that and any other kick he tried it’s been blocked, you can’t fault him for blocked kicks. I think we need to cut him some slack a bit. He’s good he was great for us last year, and right now he’s in a tough spot by have players not block for his kicks. And now he just had a bad game. I still have faith in this kid, he still has a leg, just stick with him! He’s not terrible.

7. You can see in the video the flags at the top of the posts don’t seem to be moving enough for this short kick. I don’t think it was the wind.

8. Wind is not the “only possible way” to hit the upright. As any amateur golfer can attest, hitting the ball poorly and adding side spin to the ball will cause it to slice like this.

   Also…

   Adjusting for wind and reading the flags is like one of a placekickers main jobs.

9. A 26 yarder and he didn’t adjust for the wind gusts??

   COME ON

10. Till the next missed field goal, how many more we willing to ignore?

11. Bro is out here justifying a missed 25 yarder?

12. No, its definitely his fault.

    The ball is supposed to come off his foot with a vertical backspin. In the video the ball is spinning horizontally immediately, before the wind even affects it.

13. My gosh, wind affects kickers. This is a big finding, great analysis. Do you think McVay and Snead know this?

14. THAT’S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR

15. Do you really not know what shanking the ball is?

16. I thought the ball hit a wire from the cameras.

17. There was a noreaster in the area. Also special teams has been a massive issue.

18. Yeah nah, its 25 yards.

19. The dude kicks a knuckle ball it moves a lot

20. I’m not happy with Karty but I will defend him a lil bit here. I’m a Rams fan in northern Va and on Sunday even here the winds were pretty heavy. Friends in Bmore said it was whipping due to a nor’easter storm. He needs to be better but the wind def took that kick for a ride.

21. Not sure if it affected the kick but I can say, I was there, and it was extremley windy

22. It was closer to 20 mph winds on the broadcast I watched, why are we as fans defending him though he sucks and he lost us the 9ers game

23. That kick looked lazy! We need someone else.

24. No this is not the wind. He sliced it, meaning he had a lot of sidespin on it causing it to curve to the right. Look at the flags at the top of the poles. They would have to be completely horizontal to move the ball that much. This is a kicker error.
    That being said I think we stick with him and hope he can get back into his groove

25. Guys-Karty made some huge clutch kicks at Philly in the snowbowl playoff game. He deserves our support. He was reallly really good last year. These blocks have messed with his rhythm a bit. Also having him change his kickoffs probably have messed with him as well. Lets just go back to Evans on kickoffs and let Karty focus on kicking

26. I would’ve kicked it further to the left but I’m just built different idk

27. Lol

28. “the only possible way for it to hit the upright is if the kick is straight or there’s wind”

    Moronic

29. It wasnt that windy at the game. The extra points were all straight on.

30. Who the heck cares lol he missed

31. Wind is not the only way for a ball to curve or corkscrew LOL

    We’re talking about the knuckle ball specialist, you think he’s incapable of kicking a ball that curves?

32. Nice try Josh

33. In the official game thread, I literally say that the wind must have caught that one.

34. The person who made this video has never golfed. Or seen a curve ball. Or possibly ever watch any sport ever.

35. There’s no reason to miss 25 yd field goals unless it’s blocked. Should be a layup for pros

36. Insane you’re trying to excuse this kick

37. K, now explain all the other ones.

38. Anyone have Karty’s kick stats at SoFi vs. road games? There’s considerably less wind influence inside the Rams House.

39. I don’t care if it’s a hurricane out there. Any kick shorter than an extra point should be going in