Roberto Aguayo (19) is seen during the second day of training camp last month at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]
TAMPA — At nearly every level of football, kickers operate with a unique level of autonomy, practicing alone, or off with the punters and snappers on a separate field, largely away from the offense and defense and the rest of their team.
But as the Bucs move on from a disappointing season and difficult departure for kicker Roberto Aguayo, there's a question to be asked, not of Tampa Bay so much as the entire league: Why do NFL teams not have kicking coaches on their staff?