Originally Posted by
gnome
Another outstanding post SM. You touched on many topics; each one worthy of their separate threads, but the one I'll pick up is Jason Hanson.
In a heartless move, I fear we've seen the last of JH. A Classy guy who is just the latest in a long line of very good Lion kickers. If we would keep JH for one more run, we would lose Raynor and thereby tossing our kicking future into the realm of the unknown. We have been blessed with steady legs since the 1970's. It has been the lone bright spot in a hapless history of ineptitude.
JH's surgeries and age translate into the fact that he is not the future. Raynor did a great job last yr and could provide us with a solid leg for the next 15 yrs. However I fear JH would be picked up by Green Bay or Chicago and come back and kill us in the final seconds of a crucial game this yr or next.
If I was God, I'd hire raynor in some sort of fluff front office job for a yr or two, with the promise he'd walk into the kicking gig once JH decides to walk away. I'm sure there are rules against doing something like that, but a guy can dream ...