[CBFF] ESPNi: Josh Huston (Scouts Inc.)

[P. Quinn]

  What excites me and makes more confident is the fact that Josh called the 
Bears and said "This is where I want to play, I can kick for you and make 
you better.".....and they signed him.  They liked his confidence.  Josh had 
a couple big misses from 50 or so last year for FGs, but I liked the fact 
that he made it a habit of putting kickoffs through the goalposts!  The kid 
has a strong leg, but needs to work on accuracy from 50.  Hell of a kickoff 
guy, and you bet I'm excited to see how much better he makes the Bears!

  Pat
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Victor Waldron" <victor19 at gmail.com>
  To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
  Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:34 AM
  Subject: [CBFF] ESPNi: Josh Huston (Scouts Inc.)


  | (He's the top rated kicker by Scouts. I know Pat must be excited.)
  |
  | Strengths: Huston is an excellent kickoff guy, registering 54
  | touchbacks in 77 opportunities and is a weapon in this capacity. He is
  | a taller kicker with long levers and the ability to really drive the
  | football. Is able to handle poor weather conditions. He handled taking
  | over for an outstanding kicker-Nike Nugent-extremely well and with
  | maturity. He can also serve as a backup punter in the NFL.
  |
  | Weaknesses: Has only been a starting kicker for one season and has not
  | proven that he can continually be counted on to make clutch kicks year
  | in and year out. He was only five of ten from outside of 40 yards in
  | 2005 and had two kicks blocked. Needs to work on getting better lift
  | with his field goals.
  |
  | Overall: Huston is a sixth year player that backed up Mike Nugent-now
  | with the Jets-for four seasons, although he alternated with Nugent to
  | some degree in 2001, scoring 18 points that season and handling the
  | majority of the kickoff duties. He received the extra year of
  | eligibility after missing significant time in both 2000 (knee) and
  | 2002 (hip) with injuries. After finally becoming the starter in 2005,
  | Huston shined scoring 110 points and hitting 22 of 28 field goals.
  | Houston has limited experience but he showed enough leg strength and
  | accuracy on field goals in 2005, as well as upside as a kickoff return
  | specialist, to warrant late-round consideration in the 2006 draft.
  |
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