(04-04-2022, 09:15 PM)Dimson Wrote:

(04-03-2022, 05:12 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: This year's draft class of kickers are uniformly rated as UDFA material and it's unlikely any are drafted.

I was also hopeful we might draft a kicker late (222 or 225) and solve that issue, but folks here pointed out this news to me and I think they are correct.

Dicker and the guy from LSU should be worth consideration. I think the punter class is pretty decent though.

I'll admit that I haven't studied draft prospects at kicker.  If it is a historically bad draft for kickers that might change my mind.  However, I will say that the fact that we have 6 draft picks in the 6th and 7th rounds this year factors heavily into my position.  I don't see 6 players drafted that late making our 53 man roster and we need more competition at kicker.  Even if a player is projected to be a UDFA, that doesn't guarantee that the Jaguars get him.  The kicker may choose to sign with a different team.  If we think one kicker is better than the rest, it still would likely make sense to use a late round pick in order to lock up our first choice at kicker.  If there are hypothetically multiple kickers who we consider to be virtually equal prospects, then yeah, it makes sense to skip it.

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