Language is a precise thing. When measured against statistics it is a very precise thing. People often interchange the terms value, importance, and difficulty. Two of those are relative terms and one is more exacting mathematically. When evaluating the kicking game, people will easily misunderstand and misuse the terms above. Question the value of a kicker and suddenly we start talking about how difficult it is to do and how important it is to a team’s success.
I cannot kick a football very far. I cannot kick it very straight. I fully acknowledge that is more difficult than many athletic skills.