[Senator Clay Davis]

I think there's a confusion to how good someone is with how valuable they are. Of course Barkley or Kamara or Jacobs are better than Justin Tucker, but the kicker is always the leading scorer on a team for a reason, and they are as SuperMatt says far cheaper to pay. I mean we see New England can bring running backs off the street and have them look decent. As we've seen this year as they've shuffled through kickers after Gostkowski got hurt, you need a kicker you can trust. It changes how you approach offense even.

And when we're talking about a team with playoff and Super Bowl aspirations, you aren't winning every game 49-10. You're winning lots of one score games, and with a mediocre kicker you are in a worse spot than if you have a mediocre running back. A mediocre running back just won't gain yards, but of course the QB can correct that. A mediocre kicker missing kicks in big spots sends you home.