My thinking is that I want some legit competition, but I feel like finding a strong legged kid from college might be better than waiting to see who goes undrafted and then hoping they're good enough. The better kickers usually find their way into the draft and I would rather not let say the best available get picked by Detroit, for example, when we could get him with a compensatory 4 or something.
If (as Ted Thompson and staff would know better than us, of course) there are expected to be some good legs available as UFA, then fine, but I am guessing there won't be and I would rather use a low pick and really shore up those wo spots.
The basc poor rating on Crosby has more to do with short kicks/lack of touchbacks than FG shots. I think they put weight on how much it affects field position when you allow guys to run it out instead of consistently let them take it at the 20, so it's not that he is horrible, but like PFF I think we can do better.
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