Dan Carpenter gone Terminated Contract

[bsfins]

Via twitter
@DolphinsMEDIA: The Miami Dolphins have terminated the contract of K Dan Carpenter... http://t.co/Ch8WFsIJPF

[MikeO]

they could have announced this in April when they drafted Sturgis..lol

Everyone saw it coming. This wasn't a real competition by any means

[CF DolFan]

they could have announced this in April when they drafted Sturgis..lol

Everyone saw it coming. This wasn't a real competition by any means

It was obviously Sturgis' to lose but it would have been stupid to cut Carpenter without making Sturgis prove he could handle it.

Congrats to Sturgis for being the first Gator to land the job but I think Armando put it in perspective yesterday. "Incredible that at this stage in camp K Caleb Sturgis is #dolphins most impressive rookie with CB Will Davis second."

[Landshark]

He missed kicks so he got the boot.  See ya Carp.  Hope you can hook up with another team

[phinphan]

He will probably be on a new team before the weekend.

[Brian Fein]

He will get scooped up.  Lifetime 82% accuracy, and 50% from outside 50 yards.  Ranks 21st all time in accuracy.  Kickers like that aren't a dime a dozen.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

He will get scooped up.  Lifetime 82% accuracy, and 50% from outside 50 yards.  Ranks 21st all time in accuracy.  Kickers like that aren't a dime a dozen.

He might have to take pay cut from what he was making, but if he is reasonable in his expectation there is no reason for him to not play this year. 

[Spider-Dan]

Olindo Mare was still kicking field goals in the NFL last year.

Carpenter will be fine.

[Dave Gray]

I think this says more about Sturgis than Carpenter.  We knew he was gone.  I think they just wanted to make sure Sturgis didn't implode or have his leg fall off while kicking.

So, good news.  Good luck, Dan.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I think this says more about Sturgis than Carpenter. 

Doesn't say much about Sturgis other than he doesn't totally suck.  Nobody carries two kickers and you got to be pretty bad to get cut as rookie draft pick. 

Granted reports are he is a lot better than "doesn't totally suck".  But that was the hurdle in order for Carpenter to get cut. 

[mecadonzilla]

I'm sure it also helps Carpenter to be released earlier than later at this stage of training camp.  If you know you're not going to keep him, do him a solid and let him move on.  Making sure Sturgis was anywhere near capable was the only thing keeping Carpenter around this long.

Getting rid of him was more indicative of his contract than his skills at this point.  I'm sure he'll be kicking for someone else before too long.

[Brian Fein]

I wonder if that was part of it.  You think Carpenter didn't know it was coming?  Maybe they came to a deal and let him have a chance to find another job, instead of working at Winn Dixie waiting for someone to get hurt.

[CF DolFan]

Good kickers always have a job and they last forever. Had Carpenter been let go week one he would have landed somewhere just about as soon as he wanted. Regardless of his supposed down season he is a very good kicker.

[Sunstroke]

I'm sure it also helps Carpenter to be released earlier than later at this stage of training camp. 

I agree with the general principle, but kickers are one of the few positions that teams often go looking for in the middle of the season, when their current kicker starts shanking kicks that they ought to be making, and teams start losing games because of it. It seems like every year, you see one or two teams signing a new kicker mid-stream.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I wonder if that was part of it.  You think Carpenter didn't know it was coming? 

I am willing to bet Carpenter was begging for it.  If I was in his shoes, I would have asked Ireland to cut me the day after the draft and every day since camp started.  He knew he was gone, the worst thing for him would have been to stay on the roster until the 53 man cut date.