Bubba Ventrone reveals his thoughts on Dustin Hopkins’ recent struggles

The Cleveland Browns have had some problems at the kicker position in recent years.

Gone are the days when field goals and extra point attempts were almost automatic, with a concerning league-wide trend of kickers missing more and more routine kicks each week.

What’s notable is that Dustin Hopkins is no exception to this rule.

The veteran kicker has been erratic lately, but it doesn’t sound like his job is in danger right now.

As The Chronicle-Telegram’s Scott Petrak reported, special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone claimed that while Hopkins didn’t get the results he was hoping for, he did a good job of trying to fix his issues.

Furthermore, he added that he expects to get his act together in the next few weeks.

#Browns Special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone said K. Dustin Hopkins didn’t get the results he wanted: He did a solid job trying to fix the problem. Hopefully we can do that in the next five weeks.

— Scott Petrak ct (@ScottPetrak) December 5, 2024

With the playoffs almost out of reach and the team just about to finish the final month of the regular season, it might not even make much sense to sign another kicker at this point in the season.

Perhaps this will give the team more opportunities to test its offense by going all out in the fourth and attempting more two-point conversions.

Of course, this is far from ideal and you would expect kicker to be the last position to cause problems for a team, but that’s how it works with kickers in the league these days.

Even Justin Tucker is missing routine kicks left and right.

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