Bengals brilliant in taking Kicker Elliot over Gonzalez

[*psychdoctor*]

(04-29-2017, 11:10 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I watched the press conference the Bengals had after they selected the kicker.

Simmons explained that all 3 kickers he worked out were about the same and that it came down to one or two things as a tiebreaker and he explains why he chose Elliot over the others. It makes sense to me. Simmons has done a great job coaching. I'm not going to second guess him on this. He doesn't deserve it and has earned the right to have the players he wants. I think that, in general, the Bengals ST units have been pretty darned good over the years.

My understanding of the Elliot pick came down to basically two facets:
1-Elliot has a calm demeanor and carries himself well
2-Elliot can kickoff high if needed to keep ball in play or kick it out of the end-zone.