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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had kicker battles in training camp before, but this one is a little bit different.
The more common competition at that position arises from a team bringing in a young kicker – via the draft or free agency – to challenge an incumbent veteran. In 1993, for instance, the Buccaneers signed undrafted rookie Michael Husted out of Virginia to kick alongside then-37-year-old Eddie Murray, who had replaced Ken Willis midway through the previous season. Husted won the job. Just two years ago the Bucs made a late-summer trade for Kyle Brindza to pit against Connor Barth and Patrick Murray, with Brindza getting the nod, albeit only briefly.