08-17-2016, 10:10 AM
(08-17-2016, 09:17 AM)Wyche Wrote: Yes.....but surely a certain amount of attempts are considered when ranking them. I'm not on a witch hunt....but we missed the boat on Brown, and we need to be trying other options out at the very least to see if we can find a better one.
You are correct according to Elias Sports Bureau. They define kickers as "Qualified" as, "To qualify, a player must have at least 1 attempt per team's games played". Using this, here is how Nuge ranks the past 5 years with the Bengals.
Ranking/Total # of players who Qualified.
2015 - 23rd/32
2014 - 27th/31
2013 - 23rd/32
2012 - 20th/31
2011 - 8th/31
He has been a career below-average kicker.
A lot of the issue people have around here is that it seems that Nuge's job is a lock every year. It doesn't seem like the Bengals bring in serious competition.
