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Derek Dimke

Saints youngster could be sleeper kicker

Whoever winds up kicking for the Saints has a good chance of being a top-10 kicker. That’s a high-scoring offense.

Most expect that will be Shayne Graham, the veteran they signed late last year.

But Jeff Duncan, long-time beat writer for The Times-Picayune, says he’s been watching the team practices and it looks like youngster Derek Dimke is a lot better than Graham. Definitely has a stronger leg, and he’s been outperforming him in practices.

In our eyes, Graham is far from a safe bet. A bunch of teams have dumped him, and he was out of the league for most of last year. He missed a pair of field goals in the playoff loss at Seattle.

If Dimke sticks, he’s a candidate to be the most unlikely of the top-10 kickers.

If not for lousy accuracy, the Saints probably would have ranked 10th in scoring at that position last year – they could have finished with 144 points if every kick had been made.

POSSIBLE KICKING POINTS
TeamXPXPAFGFGAPtsPoss
New England44443841158167
Indianapolis34343540139154
Denver75752526150153
San Diego42423437144153
Green Bay42423337141153
San Francisco44443236140152
Seattle44443335143149
Baltimore26263841140149
Arizona37373036127145
New Orleans48482432120144
Buffalo32323336131140
Dallas47472830131137
Kansas City52522228118136
Pittsburgh39393032129135
NY Jets27273336126135
Miami33332634111135
Chicago45462629123133
Minnesota43432630121133
Houston26262635104131
Philadelphia45452328114129
Tennessee41412529116128
Oakland37372130100127
Carolina42422427114123
Atlanta39392427111120
Cincinnati52531822106119
St. Louis34342628112118
Tampa Bay31312329100118
Detroit4243192499115
Cleveland3333212696111
Washington3333212696111
NY Giants31312326100109
Jacksonville222323259198

—Ian Allan

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