Good read on the Grantland article, too. 


Regardless, to the current situation topic. Scobee hasn't shown any significant decline. It'll come, but he's still to this point been about as close to a sure thing as most teams can hope for in their kicker. While hopefully we don't get struck unlucky by assuming such when the time does come to replace him, but kickers do in fact tend to be a "dime a dozen." That's not to say 2-3 years from now we're looking for the next and once again strike gold in finding a decade plus guy, but at least the average guy kicker that can get you through a year can be picked up most any time. We've been a blessed franchise in the kicker category. Mike Hollis was a stud, and we didn't suffer long with the off-the-street type guys before ending up with Scobee. There's rarely a case to be made for a second active kicker or even a practice squad spot.

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