Nugent will cost us at least 1 game this year

[BoomerFan]

(08-19-2016, 02:48 PM)kevin Wrote: Nugent is the 2nd most accurate kicker in Bengals history just behind Shayne Graham.  I'm not going to post again those stats in this same thread...I am going to say that some of you are far too concerned about preseason football. ...As long as he gets the off season rust off and returns to his normal, accurate self in time for The Jets game is all I care about......A lot of Bengal starters looked pretty rusty and sloppy in preseason game 2.  I'm not one bit surprised. I have seen the Bengals much worse in Preseason Game 2 before. The cut back in training camps and practices from what the NFL use to have also adds to it. ....Just as long as they are ready to go to New York in 3 weeks, that is all I care about.  It would be nice to come out of New York with a win. We have a rough schedule considering we lose a home game this year.  8 on road, 7 at home, 1 in London England which to me is a neutral site, not a home game. All I care about is getting out of New York with any kind of win at all. The Bengals have not played well in New York for most of their franchise history. It would be a nice win.  If I was worried about Preseason Game 2, I would have to worry about the play of the majority of the team, but I know this is why they have practices and preseason games.

He's a kicker? I mean there is nothing about kicking in pre-season that will be different from the regular season. You think he wasn't giving it his full attention? Cmon. 

As for being our most accurate kickers, you won't stay "most accurate" if we don't move on when your skills start to diminish. Is that what is happening now with Mike? I dunno. Possibly. He's old for football (34) but some kickers play until 40. It depends on the guy. I trust the coaches to know whether he really is losing it from training camp but it still looks really bad missing 7 points over two weeks.