Time for Nugent to go

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(10-27-2016, 10:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You don't watch much football do you?

Last year there were only 160 FG attempts of 50 yards or longer in 256 games.  That is 0.3 attempts per team per game.

I know just as much math as you, but the big difference is that I know enough about football to realize that no team in the league attempts a 50+ yard FG everytime they get in range.

So here is some more math (plus reality) for you.  160 FG attempts is exactly 5 per team.   62% for a full season would produce 9.3 points over 16 games.  41% would produce 6.2 points.  So the difference between Nugent and an average NFL kicker is 0.2 points per game.

What a "game changer"!  One full point every 5 games.  How could the Bengals ever overcome such a huge deficit?!?!?!?

Oh but you missed the most obvious point.  Marvin is not going to trot the Nuge out there 5 times because Marvin knows he don't have the leg for it.  He's never attempted more than 4 in a season. 

I'll take the guy with the leg to make the long field goal anytime.  You might think it's not important to be able to make a long field goal when needed but I do.  

How about I just let you prove to me how good Nugent is?  

His high FG%?  Nope (actually he's in the bottom 10 of the league). 
His deep kicks that lead to a high % of touchbacks?  Sorry. 

I just don't see the same greatness in the Nuge that you do Fred.  That goes for Marvin too.  Give me some more numbers that will make me feel better about the 0-7 playoff record, while you're making excuses for people.