Quote:I just want to ask you a simple question.


How would you feel if we were in a home playoff game with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, and Blake Bortles lit em up for 4 TDS and 338 yards passing. Yeldon racks up 150 on the ground. Fowler has 2.5 sacks and we have been grinding all game.


We come back from 21 points in the 2nd half...the score is 35 to 37 with New England leading. There is 4 seconds remaining after Billecek ices our kicker.


If we make this kick we go to the AFC Championship game and play for a Super Bowl bid.


On trots Jason Myers to kick a 33 yard Field Goal......


What are your thoughts at this moment?

The same as they would be with any kicker in the entire league. He better make that kick. I'd be extremely nervous.

 

Anderson for the Vikings ring a bell? How about Blair Walsh from this past year? Gostkowski missed an XP in the AFC championship game which basically resulted in them having to go for 2 and they lost. Cundiff missed a gimme which would have sent the Ravens to the SB one year. 

 

You're missing the point. No one is claiming Myers is the savior at kicker but there is no reason to draft a kicker. Is Aguayo the greatest kicker alive who has never missed a single kick in his life? No. Has he missed FGs which could have led his team to some wins? Most likely. We can bring in competition at the kicker position but it shouldn't be through the draft.

 

And I'll answer you this, what if we do dump Myers and draft Aguayo. And then Aguayo has a bad year and Myers is picked up and has a great year? We can play the what if game all day long. But at the end of the day, they are kickers. They most likely won't determine if you are going to win a SB or not. They play a role but its the offense and defense that will lead us to the promise land.

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