Congrats to Jake Elliott

[Shake n Blake]

(01-23-2018, 02:42 AM)treee Wrote: Wait, Fat Randy isn't a term of endearment? It sounds like something you'd call you're buddy who's not insecure about the fact that he needs to hit the gym sooner rather than later.

I guess it could be for some, but many of the people I see bringing up his weight are Elliott fans.

(01-23-2018, 11:43 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Bengal fans on draft day.

"Jake Elliott?  What a piece of trash.  Bengals are so stupid to draft this guy when Zane Gonzales was still available.  Wasted draft pick on a total loser."

Elliot gets released by Bengals and makes playoffs with another team.

"Oooh I love Jake Elliot so much.  Bengals were so stupid to ever release this guy. Just look how good he is.""

I keep seeing this narrative getting pushed and I don't think it's accurate at all. 

1. I don't think the people who wanted Zane Gonzalez are the same exact people who wanted to keep Elliott.
2. Those who are whining about Elliott now were whining about it as soon as we made the choice to keep Bullock. They didn't suddenly appear during the playoffs.

It's not as simple as "haters gonna hate". Some people legitimately liked Gonzalez more (because he had more draft hype), while Elliott fans (IMO) just got caught up on him being a Bengals draft pick. They feel like we wasted a pick, even though we had a good competition from it. They also feel like Elliott is the next Justin Tucker (he's not) and he could've been a bad ass kicker for 15 years for us. 

Ultimately, I feel both these sets of people are/were mistaken, but I get where they were coming from. Bullock hitting 90% of his FG's this year and drilling his only 50+ yard attempt should've put a lot of this talk to bed, but here we are. Bullock is a young kicker who is doing a great job, won his competition and we should leave it at that.