Jake Elliott now an eagle

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(09-13-2017, 09:41 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Fair enough. Maybe he shouldn't have been kept over Bullock, but if there was a chance that a kicker could get unseated by a veteran, don't take a kicker in the 5th round. Wait until the 6th or 7th and use the 5th rounder on another position. Regardless, I hope he does well, that's all I was really trying to say. The part about making the Bengals look stupid for letting him go was just that maybe he'll have a chip on his shoulder for the Bengals not having faith in him over a veteran and want to show that they made the wrong decision.

I understand Elliot could be good/great but you can't blame the Bengals for taking the kicker who is better at kicking.  Even if Elliot becomes a great kicker you can't honestly fault the Bengals for looking at his performance and thinking "Ehh, can't really kick" because he didn't show an ability to kick field goals.

It's like not really blaming the Falcons for trading Brett Favre for a 1st round pick.  Sure, he went on to be one of the GOATS, but when they got rid of him he was even worse than Johnny Manziel and showed nothing good on or off the field.  Fear of missing out can lead to some unwise decisions and guys like Favre and Brady are going to be held up as proof that you can't give up on anyone ever ever ever.

It's different too because Elliot was in stripes and actively passed over for a ho-hum veteran.  I don't see anyone saying we should sign Roberto Agyuo in case he gets it together and becomes amazing.  We aren't afraid of missing out on him because we never made an active choice to let him go.  Oh, the psychology of sports fandom!