Reichard = money

[StickierBuns]

This is the Curse Breaker. Behold him in all his majesty. 

[badgervike]

Do you want the 30th DB off the board,  or do you want to take a shot on the first kicker to come off the board?  who is more likely to hit?  Yes there is always a chance of a drafted kicker failing and UFA kicker making a team,  but if you are doing the picking ( or anybody putting some effort into this thing ) would you really rather go to the kiddy pond for a player that will certainly be needed on the roster  ( starting kicker ) vs a flyer on a player that may, in most instances,  be a practice squad guy?  I am taking the Kicker,  if there is a guy in college that looks like he can play on sundays,  and I only have 1 roster spot for that position,  I want to have the first choice and not be hittin up the rummage sales.

Going back to Fred Cox (inventor of Nerf football!), yes the kicker is often the highest scoring player on any NFL team.
Take a look at the top four of all time:

NAME PTS
1 A. Vinatieri
2,673

2 M. Andersen
2,544

3 G. Anderson
2,434

4 J. Hanson
2,150

In fairness those 4 kickers all had 23 years plus in the league so more time to accrue those points so not an apples to apples comparison

[purplefaithful]

G.Anderson should have had 2437

[Montana Tom]

Between the 2022 and 2023 seasons, these are the top scorers in the NFL. Not one of them scored a touchdown by rushing, return, receiving or otherwise.
They are all kickers. And yes, that is Greg Joseph down there at #16.
Christian McCaffrey came in at #23, the first non-kicker over those two seasons to crack the top 25.

NAME PTS GP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PPG
1 Justin Tucker
Justin Tucker
289 34 0 0 0 0 69 82 0 0 8.5
2 Jason Myers
Jason Myers
281 34 0 0 0 0 69 74 0 0 8.3
3 Younghoe Koo
Younghoe Koo
252 34 0 0 0 0 64 60 0 0 7.4
4 Tyler Bass
Tyler Bass
250 33 0 0 0 0 51 97 0 0 7.6
5 Jason Sanders
Jason Sanders
249 34 0 0 0 0 50 99 0 0 7.3
6 Matt Gay
Matt Gay
249 34 0 0 0 0 61 66 0 0 7.3
7 Daniel Carlson
Daniel Carlson
247 34 0 0 0 0 60 67 0 0 7.3
8 Jake Elliott
Jake Elliott
246 33 0 0 0 0 50 96 0 0 7.5
9 Nick Folk
Nick Folk
243 34 0 0 0 0 61 60 0 0 7.1
10 Greg Zuerlein
Greg Zuerlein
238 33 0 0 0 0 65 43 0 0 7.2
11 Brandon McManus
Brandon McManus
234 34 0 0 0 0 58 60 0 0 6.9
12 Chase McLaughlin
Chase McLaughlin
231 33 0 0 0 0 59 54 0 0 7.0
13 Evan McPherson
Evan McPherson
230 33 0 0 0 0 50 80 0 0 7.0
14 Harrison Butker
Harrison Butker
229 30 0 0 0 0 51 76 0 0 7.6
15 Cairo Santos
Cairo Santos
226 33 0 0 0 0 56 58 0 0 6.8
16 Greg Joseph
Greg Joseph
226 34 0 0 0 0 50 76 0 0 6.6
17 Wil Lutz
Wil Lutz
221 34 0 0 0 0 53 62 0 0 6.5
18 Eddy Pineiro
Eddy Pineiro
221 32 0 0 0 0 58 47 0 0 6.9
19 Riley Patterson
Riley Patterson
215 32 0 0 0 0 46 77 0 0 6.7
20 Cameron Dicker
Cameron Dicker
215 28 0 0 0 0 52 59 0 0 7.7
21 Ka'imi Fairbairn
Ka'imi Fairbairn
213 29 0 0 0 0 56 45 0 0 7.3
22 Christian McCaffrey
Christian McCaffrey
204 33 22 12 0 34 0 0 0 0 6.2
23 Brett Maher
Brett Maher
201 25 0 0 0 0 46 63 0 0 8.0
24 Chris Boswell
Chris Boswell
192 29 0 0 0 0 49 45 0 0 6.6
25 Matt Prater
Matt Prater
189 30 0 0 0 0 50 39 0 0 6.3

[JimmyinSD]

In fairness those 4 kickers all had 23 years plus in the league so more time to accrue those points so not an apples to apples comparison

You are still talking about roughly 100 points per season on average, imo thats worth a late draft pick if you think you can identify a good one. Maybe picking a good one is a crap shoot, but i would still prefer to make my decision with the cupboard full vs letting fate take it course as some in the league seem to do.

[comet52]

You are still talking about roughly 100 points per season on average, imo thats worth a late draft pick if you think you can identify a good one. Maybe picking a good one is a crap shoot, but i would still prefer to make my decision with the cupboard full vs letting fate take it course as some in the league seem to do.

A deeper analysis on why drafting kickers doesn't make sense.

https://sumersports.com/the-zone/need-a-...draft-one/

[purplefaithful]

The only real important question for me is will Reichard be worth a 6th rd draft choice?

If his kicking acumen from college follows him to the pro's? The answer will be an easy and unequivocal yes.

I suspect the Vikings felt the same way, maybe had some intel K's were about to go off of the board?

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This is the Curse Breaker. Behold him in all his majesty. 

Lol!

I love it...

[badgervike]

Maybe Zim can call Reichard and give him a motivational speech....lol. That sure helped Daniel Carlson. I think Reichard is a machine in his own right but is also very lucky to have KO and his upbeat supportive style. Even great kickers get in their own way mentally from time to time.

[purplefaithful]

Maybe Zim can call Reichard and give him a motivational speech....lol.  That sure helped Daniel Carlson.  I think Reichard is a machine in his own right but is also very lucky to have KO and his upbeat supportive style.  Even great kickers get in their own way mentally from time to time.

Agreed...And I would wager some serious coin JJM feels the same way about KOC

[wiviking]

This franchise has been snakebit by kickers since early 99. If they thought they could end that slide with a sixth round, it would had been disappointing if they didn't give it a go. The past few years of leaving the room when kicking an extra point has grown old.