Cards extend Rackers

[Jim O]

Official Release

Rackers Inks Two-Year Contract Extension
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 26, 2003

Tempe, Arizona -— Kicker Neil Rackers, successful on
seven-of-10 field-goal attempts and all eight on
extra-point conversions with four touchbacks on 23
kickoffs since signing with the Cardinals on November
11, has signed a two-year contract extension.

The 6-0, 205-pound kicker was released by Cincinnati on
September 1 in its final training-camp cutdown. During
his three-year (2000–02) tenure as a Bengal, he made 44
field-goal tries and 74 points-after-touchdownsin 48
games.

He enjoyed his best pro season in 2002, making 83
percent (15–18 of his field-goal attempts to rank
seventh in the NFL among kickers with 15 or more
attempts. He also was perfect (13-of-13) on field-goal
tries under 45 yards.

Rackers, who set an Illinois single-season scoring
record of 110 points as a senior in 1999, was
Cincinnati’s sixth-round selection (169th overall) in
the 2000 NFL Draft.

— cards —

 

[wierwolf]

Good move to keep him IMO.

 

[red desert]

Originally posted by wierwolf
Good move to keep him IMO.

I agree.

 

[Jim O]

I guess you could look at it this way. Who would you rather have providing competition? A veteran or a rookie? We know that Rackers is good at kickoffs and we have stuggled in that department in recent history.

Let's hope that this recent case of the yips will go away.

 

[JeffGollin]

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad we inked Rackers.

But does anyone else see a kind of irony in the fact that, on the same day we signed Rackers for 2 years, the Redskins extended Arrington for 7 or 8?

 

[Duckjake]

. Personally, I feel we can always pick up a guy off the streets who can do what these guys have done.

You could say that about most of the positions on the team this year.

I don't like it because it could reinforce the notion that performance does not matter if you play for the Cardinals. Nobody ever seems to be held accountable for the terrible results on Sunday.

 

[BuckeyeCardinal]

Coaching

Originally posted by Duckjake
. Personally, I feel we can always pick up a guy off the streets who can do what these guys have done.

You could say that about most of the positions on the team this year.

I don't like it because it could reinforce the notion that performance does not matter if you play for the Cardinals. Nobody ever seems to be held accountable for the terrible results on Sunday.

Coaching means more than most understand.

The coach on this sorry team will be held accountable.