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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 1038499" data-attributes="member: 5830">The fact that Joseph hasn't looked better than Carlson ends the conversation. One of them could rise to the top this week/weekend, but the wind doesn't appear to be blowing in that direction. Carlson will be our PK until/unless a better option is released by another team at cut-downs.One thing that I can't see during camp is how well the snaps and holds are this season. The snaps were atrocious last season and absolutely part of Carlson's problem. Anyone disputing that needs to go back and watch all of the snaps. Quite a few came in whobbly, off target, or skipping on the ground. Whelan did incredible working covering up mistakes, but don't underestimate what seeing a bad snap does to a kicker the split second before they make contact with the ball. I think that crossed up Carlson most of the season, leading to his mental focus issues. It would be like giving a rookie QB and center who routinely steps on the QB's foot after the exchange. It eventually gets into the QB's head whether he gets stepped on or not.That said, I'm surprised that they haven't searched the world for a better long snapper. Maybe they've found their Rob Davis of the future already but they need to make sure that any young kicker has the right snapping/holding team setting him up for success.</blockquote>

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