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Skins Make Some Moves to Fill 2 Problem areas

Thanks to dr Wnc for the comment regarding the Skins new signings. Redskins.com just released a press release announcing the addition of kicker,  Dave Rayner, and RB/Kick-returner, Dominique Dorsey. Rayner does not have impressive stats, in fact, they are god awful, but I guess everything is worth a shot. He was originally drafted by the Colts in the 6th round, so it's reassuring to see that the Skins aren't the only team to draft bust kickers early.

Kicking Stats - Dave Rayner
YEAR TEAM G FGM FGA PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG XPM XPA PTS
2005 IND 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2006 GNB 16 26 35 74.3 0 12 9 11 3 54 31 32 109
2007 KAN 10 15 22 68.2 0 3 10 8 1 49 14 14 59
2007 SDG 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CIN 2 1 1 100.0 0 1 0 0 0 26 3 3 6
Career 43 42 59 71.2 0-0 15-16 13-19 13-19 1-5 54 48 49 174

As for Dominique Dorsey, the kid looks to have some natural abilities. A couple of facts are that he: is 5'7" (165 lbs), graduated from UNLV, and was a CFL All-Star. His full profile/stats are available here. Check out this clip of Dorsey doing his best Ed Reed impersonation. 

It is not encouraging to see that we're looking at a kicker that has been on 5 teams in 4 years. Man, if we had just kept David Akers, we could have avoided a decade of these shenanigans. Rayner's career kicking stats above 40 yards are down-right dreadful (14-24). Would you want this guy attempting a game-winning field goal?

Dorsey, on the other hand, looks promising. It is obvious the Skins have problems accumulating long rushes, especially for touchdowns, so Dominque I expect will compete for Rock's positions of 3rd back and kick-off returner.