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Saints kicker battle is Dustin Hopkins vs. Zach Hocker… for now

I don’t think many of us pictured the Saints carrying Dustin Hopkins and Zach Hocker as their two kickers on the 90 man roster right now, and yet here we are. What’s most surprising about this is that Sean Payton has never not had a veteran battling it out in camp before. Whether it was John Carney, Olindo Mare, Martin Grammatica, John Kasay or Shayne Graham, there has always been a veteran presence at the position. And while Garrett Hartley was the only kicker (with the possible exception of Carney) who gained Payton’s trust, it wasn’t for long.  The revolving door of kickers under Sean Payton has largely been a mess.