02-22-2017, 01:51 PM
(02-22-2017, 11:36 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I think its pretty damn funny. You usually don't hear about kickers coming back to a team and signing a 1 day contract to retire with that team.
This being the Bengals makes it even funnier.
For years people have been screaming and yelling how the Bengals don't care about their former players and low and behold, the one time someone does come back and retire a Bengal it's a mediocre kicker.
Its just so....Bengals.
Other recent kickers to sign 1 day contracts:
John Kasay - Panthers
Jason Elam - Broncos
Steve Christie - Bills
Ryan Longwell - Packers
Graham was not a "mediocre kicker". He's 1st all-time in field goal % in franchise history at 86.8%. Mike Nugent is 2nd place at 81.8%, a full 5 points behind. Shayne is the only Pro Bowl kicker in Bengals history and for a period of time, was the most accurate kicker in NFL history. His Bengals conversion rate of 86.8% would currently still rank 5th all-time in NFL history.
People really should stop revising history just because he went out on a couple misses in a playoff game. Let's give the guy the respect he's due.
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