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Why the Roberto Aguayo episode was entirely unnecessary

After waiving place-kicker Roberto Aguayo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said he would continue to make "bold moves."

That's great. Bold moves can lift a nice team into Super Bowl contention.

I see only one problem: Drafting Aguayo in the second round in 2016 wasn't a bold move. It was a snub of what should be the clear lessons learned from nearly 50 years of NFL history. It was arrogance in the face of incontrovertible evidence that the best kickers generate only a handful of extra points for their teams relative to the league average.