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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 833765"><p>Has Crosby been overpaid? Yes, for about the 5th. time. But this set of stats is illustrative of what you fail to consider in evaluating how much he is overpaid in being reliably average.</p><p></p><p>Since you advocate replacing him with a rookie, or presumably some other guy like Ficken who's at a rookie level salary while having been kicking around (pun intended) for a couple of years trying to land a permanent job, consider the following:</p><p></p><p>The 23 qualifying kickers over the 3 years of data you cite that are ranked above Crosby ihave been culled from thousands of prospects at all levels of college football over the last 20 years, with a couple having come from little colleges. Several are in the 10-20 years of service category.</p><p></p><p>You claim it is easy to find an average NFL kicker from the rookie salary crop when in fact, given the number who try and fail, from rookie tryouts through preaseasons through failures and dropouts in short regular season careers, it is clear that it is not easy at all to find that player.</p><p></p><p>Instead of signing Crosby to that deal, the better approach would have been to sign a reliably average veteran for less money providing he would want to play in Green Bay if he had other options on the table. You might have had to overpay him. Alternatively, draft a kicker among the top well-vetted prospects on day 3. That approach has had a fairly good success rate, with the benefit of paying nearly minimum salaries for 4 years, though that guy being a winner is far from certain.</p><p></p><p>If Crosby is retained for this season, which I'd say is a high probability given Ficken is, so far, the only competition, I'd expect them to resign Crosby next year for something close to what a reliably average kicker should make, assuming he doesn't get a better offer, or draft a kicker as they did with the punter.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: You have grossly exagerated the ease of finding a reliably average replacement on the cheap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 833765"] Has Crosby been overpaid? Yes, for about the 5th. time. But this set of stats is illustrative of what you fail to consider in evaluating how much he is overpaid in being reliably average. Since you advocate replacing him with a rookie, or presumably some other guy like Ficken who's at a rookie level salary while having been kicking around (pun intended) for a couple of years trying to land a permanent job, consider the following: The 23 qualifying kickers over the 3 years of data you cite that are ranked above Crosby ihave been culled from thousands of prospects at all levels of college football over the last 20 years, with a couple having come from little colleges. Several are in the 10-20 years of service category. You claim it is easy to find an average NFL kicker from the rookie salary crop when in fact, given the number who try and fail, from rookie tryouts through preaseasons through failures and dropouts in short regular season careers, it is clear that it is not easy at all to find that player. Instead of signing Crosby to that deal, the better approach would have been to sign a reliably average veteran for less money providing he would want to play in Green Bay if he had other options on the table. You might have had to overpay him. Alternatively, draft a kicker among the top well-vetted prospects on day 3. That approach has had a fairly good success rate, with the benefit of paying nearly minimum salaries for 4 years, though that guy being a winner is far from certain. If Crosby is retained for this season, which I'd say is a high probability given Ficken is, so far, the only competition, I'd expect them to resign Crosby next year for something close to what a reliably average kicker should make, assuming he doesn't get a better offer, or draft a kicker as they did with the punter. Bottom line: You have grossly exagerated the ease of finding a reliably average replacement on the cheap. [/QUOTE]
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