Vanderjagt Visits With Saints; Olindo Mare Wants You to Know He's Sorry

Hey everyone! Olindo Mare's 3-of-7 start? His two missed field goals Sunday against Carolina? All water under the bridge, because Mare is taking full responsibility!

"There are no excuses," Mare said. "I was brought here to make field goals, and I did half of that (on Sunday). Obviously, I'm disappointed. I felt I could make the 20-yarder (blocked by Julius Peppers). Until I see it (on film), I don't know. But if I hit it low, then I don't have any excuses. It's obviously my fault."

Whew, well that's a relief. I was still deciding whether to place the blame for those botched kicks on Mare of Drew Brees. Glad the decision has been made for me. Unfortunately, Mare's terrible kicking has been a large part of the team's 0-4 start. So unless he's got a time machine that I don't know about, accepting all the blame in the world won't do any good.

But bringing in a new kicker would at least stop the bleeding. The team has scheduled tryouts with a few, including, as predicted, Mike Vanderjagt. Others include Billy Cundiff, maybe Martin Gramatica and Josh Huston, and a host of other unnamed kickers. Not the most inspiring crew of names, but I'm not sure it can get any worse than Mare circa 2007. But, hey, accountability!

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-09-2007 @ 8:23PM

mark miller said...

Why in the hell did they ever get rid of John Carney in the first place. It seems like the same story as in San Diego, when their brilliant management let him go. I mean the guy was the most stand up guy you could want on your team and in your city. He just seemed to be automatic for points but he wasn't the best at producing touch-backs. I think I would trade a little field position for the game winning field goals he made, and is still making as a replacement player in Jacksonville. Nice Job New Orleans Go Carney

10-09-2007 @ 9:59PM

PoBoy said...

It's easy to remember Carney now. I hated that they
let him go, even though he didn't have the leg. If
you were in his zone, you could depend on him to make it. I don't even believe Mare is hurt. He cant
him the side of a barn if he was kicking from inside
the barn. Remember Chip Lomiller. All leg but cross
your fingers when the ball goes up. Im glad the
endzone at least is too wide for him to miss. Too
bad for us that John Carney's got another job now.