Well we got are big FA, Matt Gay for a record breaking contracts.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Lov2fish

The importance of a kicker is often overlooked. McLaughlin done a decent job, especially from 50+ but he was a bit sketchy on intermediate range kicks. If a game comes down to a kicker I would want someone who is consistent at any range. We now have that at a minimal cost considering the return it can produce. Definitely wasn't at the top of my needs board, but not disappointed in the upgrade.

I was always meh about kickers like any other fan I think, yeah yeah they're important. Then I came to the conclusion of their importance after something my dad said. After a game, lost last season bc of a missed kick at the end, my dad said to me "you know everyone puts down the kicker, but it seems like every game is decided by them at the end now." And that kinda stuck with me and I started thinking about it. Yeah, they are deciding a lot of games.

https://www.wkbn.com/sports/close-ca...-decided-late/

Parity is rampant throughout the league. Every game is close now. No lead is safe and teams come back all the time. 3 points can be the difference between playoffs and not, everyone being fired or not. It's hard for people to dump their old biases, but kickers are a more important weapon than ever now. Plus it's less than 6 million a year, hardly a contract worth arguing about. I came to this conclusion and I don't have an analytics dept around to do the actual research for me.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ser-heres-why/