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<blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 664962" data-attributes="member: 7277"><p>I am no Crosby apologist, not be a long shot. I wanted the Packers to sign Dan Carpenter in 2013 FA, which would have been the right move, his 6 missed EPs last season notwithstanding.</p><p></p><p>But if it were as easy and cheap as you say, every team with an average-or-worse kicker (or punter) would follow your prescription.</p><p></p><p>A fairly small handful of rookie kickers/punters make opening day rosters and then perform well enough to make a career of it. It's a case of the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.</p><p></p><p>The Thompson/Ball habit of late is to overpay. Depending on how much the cap increases in the next few year, Crosby might be back in the middle of the kicker pack salary-wise by year 3 or 4. Small consolation I suppose.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Honestly, I do fully believe every team without an elite every year kicker should follow this prescription.</p><p></p><p>It is that easy and cheap. Kickers are a dime a dozen. Josh Brown was a 7th round pick in 2003. Dan Bailey was undrafted in 2011. Stephen Gostowski was a 4th rounder. Adam Vinatieri was undrafted. So was Steven Hauschka. </p><p></p><p>Kickers are so easy to come by that I'd say without looking it up that probably half the starters out there are undrafted. </p><p></p><p>It's true that not every undrafted kicker makes a roster but many or them are simply brought in as a camp leg to compete with an underperforming veteran and thus have the deck stacked against them from the start. It's not difficult or expensive to acquire another if yours isn't panning out.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="adambr2, post: 664962, member: 7277"] I am no Crosby apologist, not be a long shot. I wanted the Packers to sign Dan Carpenter in 2013 FA, which would have been the right move, his 6 missed EPs last season notwithstanding. But if it were as easy and cheap as you say, every team with an average-or-worse kicker (or punter) would follow your prescription. A fairly small handful of rookie kickers/punters make opening day rosters and then perform well enough to make a career of it. It's a case of the devil you know is better than the devil you don't. The Thompson/Ball habit of late is to overpay. Depending on how much the cap increases in the next few year, Crosby might be back in the middle of the kicker pack salary-wise by year 3 or 4. Small consolation I suppose.[/QUOTE] Honestly, I do fully believe every team without an elite every year kicker should follow this prescription. It is that easy and cheap. Kickers are a dime a dozen. Josh Brown was a 7th round pick in 2003. Dan Bailey was undrafted in 2011. Stephen Gostowski was a 4th rounder. Adam Vinatieri was undrafted. So was Steven Hauschka. Kickers are so easy to come by that I'd say without looking it up that probably half the starters out there are undrafted. It's true that not every undrafted kicker makes a roster but many or them are simply brought in as a camp leg to compete with an underperforming veteran and thus have the deck stacked against them from the start. It's not difficult or expensive to acquire another if yours isn't panning out. [/QUOTE]
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