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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thequick12" data-source="post: 822025" data-attributes="member: 9797">i guess for NFL kickers I'd say average is assuming 1 per team.  1-8 top of the line9-16 above average17-24 average 25-32 below averageOr maybe 1-10 above average 11-21 average22-32 below averageGould is not a good comparison to Crosby.  He is simply and has been a better kicker for his and crosbys entire career.  Gould hit on almost 85 % of his kicks the season prior to the bears moving on.  And he's only been under 80 twice in his career, his rookie year 2005 77.8 and in 2014 when I'm assuming he was injured as he went 9 of 12 for 75.  It's safe to assume he would have been over 80 that season had he Not been injured.I do get what you're saying kickers have extremely long careers and there are often big ups and downs.  But Gould has been a model of consistency a full 7% better than Crosby over their careers.  im not saying Crosby isn't a solid kicker I'm saying you can get a solid kicker for far less than 4 m per.  4 m per you had better be a great kicker.  The best kicker in the game certainly over the last two seasons only gets 5 m per.</blockquote>

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