09-01-2017, 01:09 PM
(09-01-2017, 12:06 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: The bottom line is that the team knows what they have with Bullock. He was here last year. The challenge is to figure out if Elliott has the upside to be a better kicker.
He's a rookie, just like Mixon, Ross, Willis, Lawson etc. If you are going to live with some rookie issues with those guys, you need to with a kicker as well.
Hammerstripes....this is where I disagree (not that he's a rookie obviously
)There is no position (even QB) where you're capability is directly linked to points.
Therefore if you 'live with issues' you basically saying you live with the real risk of losing points on the board....rookie or otherwise serious teams with playoff aspirations cannot do that with kicker.
We saw with Roberto Aguayo that if a kicker has problems as a rookie there is no hiding place and it can get toxic quickly.
Other rookies/youngsters having problems (e.g. Ogbuehi) you can move around , try different positions , scheme around them, swap them in / out......if you're the kicker , your the kicker and you cannot be protected as a rookie
