Congrats to Jake Elliott

[*Go Cards*]

(02-05-2018, 12:31 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Even in a hypothetical world where Marvin Lewis takes the Bengals to the SB, the Bengals aren't putting up over 40 points. When you're the #1 scoring offense in the NFL, you can afford a kicker who misses a lot of kicks. When you're the Bengals and you play to conservatively hold onto small leads, missing a PAT, causing you to have to try (and fail) for 2pts the next time, would be the thing to make you lose.

Elliott missed 5 PATs and 5 FGs this year.
Nugent missed 6 PATs and 6 FGs in '16 and we all remember how F'ing awful that was.

But Nugent was not attempting them that far or hitting them from Jake Elliot distance. 

Feel all of us that wanted to keep him knew there would be growing pains, but lots of potential if he harnesses it in next few years too. 

Nugent was a veteran with an average leg who only made it because of his accuracy. Bet Elliot attempted more as well. 

Congratulations to the kid, believe he even set a record today. 

Bullock did fine but hated throwing away a draft pick like that.  

Plus believe Nugent was kicking XP's from shorter distances.