12-17-2019, 12:20 PM
(12-17-2019, 04:28 AM)hollodero Wrote: I have to disagree.
Randy did not miss an extra point this year. Which puts him ahead of the good ones on winning teams like Tucker, Lutz, Butker, Gould... or almost any kicker really. Exceptions are only Boswell, Zuerlein, Maher and Crosby. All the others missed at least one.
Randy also did not miss a field goal from under 40 yards. Only Crosby and Boswell are as perfect in an "XPs and short FGs" category.
As for the longer ones, Randy is 8/10 with FGs 40-49. Which still is respectable and amongst the better stat lines. Only Butker did not miss at all from that range. When it comes to 50+, sure that is not Randy's speciality (he missed both attempts and there's probably a reason there's only two attempts), so I'm not saying he's the perfect kicker. But kicking is not among the severe problems on this team and the notion that kickers on winning teams have not missed in years is flatout incorrect.
Yes, other kickers do miss but what those stats won't necessarily show is the kicks that the Bengals didn't trust Bullock with. Does he average better between 40-49 because the Bengals usually only let him attempt kicks from 40-45?
On extra points he'd have had far fewer attempts than teams with an effective offense.
Kicker is not the reason we're 1 and 13 but it's not a strength either. This is a position we should be looking to upgrade, just it's behind numerous other positions in priority.
