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Get that man some liquor!

Nice job, came in clutch.

Good day at the office for him. It's a shame that it's not practical to keep 2 kickers on the active roster. Would be good insurance for Elliott.

5 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Good day at the office for him. It's a shame that it's not practical to keep 2 kickers on the active roster. Would be good insurance for Elliott.

Think he's got punting experience too? Might be good to keep him on the PS.

Just now, Eagz said:

Think he's got punting experience too? Might be good to keep him on the PS.

Hopefully he can stay there. Obviously, he is capable of signing elsewhere if someone needs a kicker.

1 minute ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Hopefully he can stay there. Obviously, he is capable of signing elsewhere if someone needs a kicker.

Yeah, isn't often the case so hopefully we retain him for the forseeable...

Good job by Howie. Unlike the Cardinals, who couldn’t find an adequate kicker.

It's a great signing, a sign of a good organization.  Many other teams would have brought on some scrub who would have lost them the game.

DICKER

Excellent job by the FO to ID this guy and then sign him.

 

Our backup kicker showed up big. Theirs did not. Everyone knew a game with two backup kickers was going to come down to a have deciding FG. That's just how it works. 

I used up my allotted Beavis n Butt-head jokes about DICK-er. Sorry.

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Headlines:

"Dicker bones Cardinals with game winning FG"

feel free to add another...

Do not forget that Jake Elliot is only with the Eagles because Caleb Sturgis went down. 

Fair play to the kid! Came in and did his job and came up big at the end. Not bad for your first nfl start! 

Is Dicker quicker?

7 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

Headlines:

"Dicker bones Cardinals with game winning FG"

feel free to add another...

Dicker comes nicely in the clutch. 

Elliot who?

Went from Big Dick Nick to Big Kick Dick

He'll have a job, probably not with the Eagles. I wonder how long Elliot is out? Teams are often looking for kickers. It seems like kicker is one of those jobs where you have one bad day and you may be looking for work.

Was he signed to the practice squad initially (and then they used 1 of their 3 call ups to the 53 for yesterday’s game that allows them to move him back down without subjecting him to waivers)?

If so, are they still allowing teams to protect a certain number of players on the practice squad every week?

If yes and yes then he’d be one I would protect until Elliott is 100%.

15 hours ago, Eagz said:

Yeah, isn't often the case so hopefully we retain him for the forseeable...

I mean the Cardinals could use a kicker…

4 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Dicker comes nicely in the clutch. 

To "pull out" the win

6 hours ago, time2rock said:

Was he signed to the practice squad initially (and then they used 1 of their 3 call ups to the 53 for yesterday’s game that allows them to move him back down without subjecting him to waivers)?

If so, are they still allowing teams to protect a certain number of players on the practice squad every week?

If yes and yes then he’d be one I would protect until Elliott is 100%.

Yes he was signed to the practice squad, and he was one of their two call-ups for the game yesterday. A player is allowed three such call-ups during the year, so he would be allowed to stay on the practice squad for a couple more weeks and still be able to play in games. Theoretically he could kick against the Cowboys and Steelers while still being on the practice squad. After that, he would have to be placed on the active roster in order to kick against the Texans.

But we expect Elliott back sooner rather than later, so Dicker may never kick again for the Eagles. He would revert back to the practice squad this week. In effect, he's really a free agent at that point and can sign with any team he chooses. If another team wants him on their practice squad, he would be free to join them if he wanted. But why would he? On the other hand, if another team wants him on their 53-man roster, he would almost certainly agree to that.

14 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Yes he was signed to the practice squad, and he was one of their two call-ups for the game yesterday. A player is allowed three such call-ups during the year, so he would be allowed to stay on the practice squad for a couple more weeks and still be able to play in games. Theoretically he could kick against the Cowboys and Steelers while still being on the practice squad. After that, he would have to be placed on the active roster in order to kick against the Texans.

But we expect Elliott back sooner rather than later, so Dicker may never kick again for the Eagles. He would revert back to the practice squad this week. In effect, he's really a free agent at that point and can sign with any team he chooses. If another team wants him on their practice squad, he would be free to join them if he wanted. But why would he? On the other hand, if another team wants him on their 53-man roster, he would almost certainly agree to that.

That's how we ended up with Elliott ... signed him off of Cincinnati's practice squad (to our 53) after Sturgis went on IR.  I hope Elliott is back soon but until he is, Dicker makes a nice temporary replacement.  But as you stated, he can be signed by any team at any time (to their 53) ... hence the question about whether teams can still protect a set number of players each week.  I suspect that rule no longer applies with the severity of COVID having ramped down.   

6 minutes ago, time2rock said:

That's how we ended up with Elliott ... signed him off of Cincinnati's practice squad (to our 53) after Sturgis went on IR.  I hope Elliott is back soon but until he is, Dicker makes a nice temporary replacement.  But as you stated, he can be signed by any team at any time (to their 53) ... hence the question about whether teams can still protect a set number of players each week.  I suspect that rule no longer applies with the severity of COVID having ramped down.   

I believe that teams can still protect players, although the specifics of the rule(s) is unclear to me.

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