Ravens Fans, Leave Steve Alone

For the past 24 hours, anybody I talk to who has a clue about football has said something about Steve Hauschka. The most common phrase was "Stover would of made that."

If you look at Stover's stats the past few years, you'd see that Stover was far from Mr. Reliable from beyond 40 yards.

Stover missed 4 from 40+ last year, he missed 4 again in 2007, and missed 3 in '05.


You have to also remember this, Hauschka is in his first full season as a kicker and every kick for him is a learning expirence. It was his first shot at a game winning kick. He'll improve with every kick.

You also have to look at Hauschka after Brad Childress called the timeout, he was a nervous wreck and looked to be sick to his stomach. I don't know of anybody who can perform a task when you're right in the middle of having a panic attack that you'll mess up said task.

So please Ravens fans, leave Steve alone and cut him some slack.