08-24-2016, 11:03 PM
It's a combination - he has to continue to miss and Zach Hocker has to look great not just in practice but then make kicks in the games. And even then maybe that's not enough. It's not like Hocker was great in N.O. or STL last year, and then he's been hurt most of camp. Since he's in camp, Hocker would be the next option. If not, you're looking at other kickers who are getting cut -- and is that a better option than what you have, what you know? Are you OK taking risks and playing kicker roulette like Pitt. did? It's a tough spot. I mean, look at what is happening in Tampa. Their second round pick is flaming out right now. Janikowski went 22 of 32 (68%) his rookie year and his career make percent is 1 percentage point lower than Nugent's. It's truly hard to predict.
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