The Tampa Bay Buccaneers would have needed Robert Aguayo to be hitting field goals from 65 yards to justify reaching for him in last year’s draft
Every April during the NFL draft, countless columns are published grading each team’s picks, all featuring a disclaimer that players can’t accurately be judged until several years into the future after they have time to develop as professionals. But there are some exceptions. Roberto Aguayo, for example. It’s been just 15 months since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spent a second-round pick on the placekicker and it’s not too soon to say they missed as badly as the worst Aguayo field goal attempt.
The Bucs released Aguayo on Saturday after he missed an extra point and a field goal in the team’s preseason opener, exactly more of the same after a rookie season in which he missed nine of 31 field goal attempts and two extra point tries.
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