UPDATE: K Chris Boswell signed by Steelers

[hawaiiansteeler]

Report: K Chris Boswell to also get tryout with Pittsburgh Steelers

By Jeff.Hartman on Oct 2, 2015



The Pittsburgh Steelers seem determined to try and replace Josh Scobee as soon as possible, and the latest name to reportedly get a tryout is kicker Chris Boswell.

The Pittsburgh Steelers seem prepared to give some placekickers the chance to take Josh Scobee's job as the kicker for the black and gold. Reports earlier Friday were former Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath received a tryout with the team today.

Now reports are surfacing Chris Boswell will get his chance at splitting the uprights Saturday for the Steelers.

Boswell is out of Rice who spent his rookie season showing his versatility with the Houston Texans as he performed punting duties for part of his rookie 2014 season. In 2015, he spent the preseason with the New York Giants before being released. Boswell's college statistics are far from amazing. In his first year with Rice, Boswell had a 64.7 kicking percentage, in his sophomore season he kicked his highest 81.0 percentage, 79.3 as a junior and 66.3 in his senior campaign.

If in fact the Steelers are preparing to cut ties with Scobee, it will be quite the investment thrown away as the team will owe Scobee $2.5 million dollars for his services, or lack thereof, in 2015.

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[hawaiiansteeler]

[fansince'76]

[Shoes]

Add Randy Bullock to the growing list.

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/10...randy-bullock/

[steelreserve]

Well, this Boswell guy looks like he really sucks. I'd take either of the other two before him.

They ought to bring in Hope Solo just for the publicity. Then they could have a photo op with her, Ben and Vick and fans of other teams could say, "Hey, there's the rapist, the dog killer, and the ... domestic something, uh, shitty drunk, I don't know, maybe just an idiot." So that would make a pretty good internet meme.

[86WARD]

Couldn't be worse...

[stillers4me]

[steel striker]

Not much out there for kickers and, Bulllock was horrible for the Texans everygame I watch he missed 35-40 YD kicks.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Apparently the Steelers have decided to sign Boswell. WTF? This guys sucks! He had <74% success on his FGs in college.

[Drazo85]

The Pittsburgh Steelers plan to sign kicker Chris Boswell after his workout with the team today, according to ESPN`s Adam Caplan...



http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/10...chris-boswell/

[86WARD]

Not true - 76.1%. (64.7, 81, 79.3% in three years at rice). He has punting experience too...lol. Not looking forward to this experiment.

[86WARD]

Maybe it was 74%...can't find his 2013 stats?

[st33lersguy]

In other news, kicking problems not solved.

[stillers4me]

In other news, kicking problems not solved.

Personally, I haven't assumed they would be at this stage of the season. Just throwing it against the wall and see what sticks at this point.

[st33lersguy]

Boooooo! This guy sucks too

[43Hitman]

We better put together a solid 4th down package.

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[tube517]

Who?

[SteelerFanInStl]

I think that they only signed this guy to try to show the fans that they're doing something. I'm sure that he was much cheaper than the other guys.

I don't look for him to take Scobee's job.

[stillers4me]

I think that they only signed this guy to try to show the fans that they're doing something. I'm sure that he was much cheaper than the other guys.

I don't look for him to take Scobee's job.

Scobee was cut.

Looking on the positive side, Boswell was signed for 2 years so if he shows any promise, we'll be able to trade a kicker to get a draft pick back. Swishy is back next year.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Scobee was cut.

Yea, I just saw that.

Sorry to everyone that was yelling for him to be cut but I think that this is going to turn out to be a dumb move. I don't have a good feeling about this Boswell guy.

[ALLD]

Can't we find somebody from the CFL or Arena League?

[fansince'76]

You're not going to get a PK worth a damn 1/4 into a season. The best you can do is try to get the guy who sucks the least out of the available options.

[vader29]

[stillers4me]

[TeeTee]

You're a real Munson.

[86WARD]

You're not going to get a PK worth a damn 1/4 into a season. The best you can do is try to get the guy who sucks the least out of the available options.

That guy may have been Scobee...lol

[Steeldude]

Many of you got your wish. Scobee is gone and replaced by a less accurate kicker with no game experience. Haha.

[hawaiiansteeler]

what good is any kicker if the coach is too scared to let him kick?

going 2 for 4 (with the two misses being in the 40+ yard range) does not warrant a coach into being scared to kick a field goal to possibly win and walk off win the game.

…and let’s not forget, they weren’t bad misses.

instead he gives it to the backup QB, without Bell on the field, to throw the ball on 4th down. Brilliant!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...is-boswell-in/

[SteelerFanInStl]

what good is any kicker if the coach is too scared to let him kick?

going 2 for 4 (with the two misses being in the 40+ yard range) does not warrant a coach into being scared to kick a field goal to possibly win and walk off win the game.

…and let’s not forget, they weren’t bad misses.

instead he gives it to the backup QB, without Bell on the field, to throw the ball on 4th down. Brilliant!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...is-boswell-in/

I agree and even said in the game day thread that I would've let Scobee try that kick in OT. He wasn't missing by much and had plenty of leg. He was having difficulties with the wind.

I'm just getting a bad feeling that we're going to regret cutting him.

[Mach1]

Transcript of Chris Boswell's tryout with the Steelers to replace Josh Scobee: