Cairo Santos-K-Tulane

Seems weird that the best kickers lately are the undrafted ones and not the top known national guys drafted from the 5th-7th round. Very well could be time to draft a kicker but I think we love our vets. We haven't drafted a kicker since 2002 Jeff Chandler out of Florida in the 4th and that didn't work out so well. Just doesn't seem likely we will do it this year. We will see how Dawson does but he should be back if he does well. If he doesn't we probably spend another year searching around through average vets. Would love to get a reliable kicker for the long term future to go with Lee. I miss Nedney. The good new is though we have picks to burn so if we find a guy we really want who can be the long term future we can afford as high as a 5th round pick on him.

I would've preferred to have gotten Sturgis or someone this year, but I'm guessing because of team expectations, they wanted a reliable vet. I preferred a rookie as a longterm solution not only because it would allow us to address the position, but also because you won't have to pay nearly as much in salary. That extra 2 million or so to get a kicker like Dawson could be used to get a major talent.