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Lionsfan65 wrote:
QB Club 63 wrote:I see Farhan is reporting that the Als have released Anthony Fera, so unless he's signing an NFL deal like all the other early FA releases I would expect Wally to give him a call.

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I wouldn't mind having Fera back. He played pretty well in the one game in 2015. As I understand he is more of a natural field goal kicker then Leone was.
The way Leone and Fera defined themselves during the 2015 training camp was that Leone was a punter who also place-kicked and Fera was a place-kicker who also punted.
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Hambone wrote:
Lionsfan65 wrote:
QB Club 63 wrote:I see Farhan is reporting that the Als have released Anthony Fera, so unless he's signing an NFL deal like all the other early FA releases I would expect Wally to give him a call.

https://twitter.com/FarhanLaljiTSN/stat ... 9449771008
I wouldn't mind having Fera back. He played pretty well in the one game in 2015. As I understand he is more of a natural field goal kicker then Leone was.
The way Leone and Fera defined themselves during the 2015 training camp was that Leone was a punter who also place-kicked and Fera was a place-kicker who also punted.
Fera averaged almost 3 yds a punt less than Leone but was good on 16 of 20 FGAs (80%). Leone had a FG average a shade under 70%. So the numbers certainly back that up.

Fera's numbers were pretty solid in limited appearances last year. I guess one thing I am concerned about is Wally may elect to use Rainey less often on offense if he feels he needs save him for punt returns in order to make up for field position lost (or lessened) with Fera's non-Leone type leg.

Edit: By the way of a curiosity...if Fera should return to the Leo's, I guess we can't expect to see his father getting into Canada to watch his son play anytime soon. At least not based on his behaviour as per this article.....http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/20 ... rom-dallas
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Qman wrote:i think wally is leaning towards swayze waters, who was the one of the best kicker/punters in league until he went to nfl. biggest issue is he a INT and takes a DI spot away
Good call, Qman! Waters signed a one-year deal. I guess at 29 years of age he thinks he still has a shot at the NFL. :bang:

And I'm pretty sure Wally will forgive his INT status because he can handle all three (punt, place, and kick-off) kicking tasks. :thup:
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Lionsfan65 wrote:
QB Club 63 wrote:I see Farhan is reporting that the Als have released Anthony Fera, so unless he's signing an NFL deal like all the other early FA releases I would expect Wally to give him a call.

https://twitter.com/FarhanLaljiTSN/stat ... 9449771008
I wouldn't mind having Fera back. He played pretty well in the one game in 2015. As I understand he is more of a natural field goal kicker then Leone was.
I was looking back on that one game in 2015. Fera was outstanding punting with 49.5 ave on 6 punts but was good on only 2 of 4 FGs. He was good from 44 & 49 and missed from 44 & 31.
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