We have seen it numerous times over the years with the game on the line and only a few seconds left. Coaches of the opposing team call timeouts to "ice" the kicker and give him something to think about before the big kick. But more times than not, this doesn't actually work.
You know what you see more times than the kicker missing the kick after the timeout? You see the kicker missing the kick before the timeout and then he drills it on his second chance after the timeout. It's a ridiculous tactic that is almost pointless at this point. The kicker isn't thinking about it, he has the holder telling him how many bitches he's gonna bang after he makes the kick.
I would think just let him go on the first one. He probably thinks you're gonna call a timeout anyway so he's probably not really thinking totally about the kick. Just let him go and miss it. Or if he hits it, he hits it. What are you really gonna do at that point? Your defense couldn't get the job done, so now either block the kick or don't complain. If the defense was able to make a play, you wouldn't be in this situation. Calling a timeout and watching the kicker miss is a huge kick in the balls. It's a bigger kick in the balls when he buries it on the next chance.
How many times have you actually seen the ice the kicker tactic work? I bet you can count on three fingers how many times in your life this has worked. Ninety percent of the time the kicker doesn't even know the other team called a timeout. And if you get a guy like Janikowski, he probably runs over to the sideline and chugs a smirnoff every time they try to ice him. It doesn't work, it's nonsense. Just get the fucking game over with and let it be.
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