It Was All About The Bucs
April 29th, 2016
New Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo.
Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo wanted to kick in the NFL. That was his goal, and by his performance in college, he knew the NFL would come calling.
But he hoped to get a call from the Bucs. Aguayo shared this desire with Joe from the NFL Scouting Combine back in February.
“Tampa was probably my first team that I fell in love with growing up,” Aguayo told Joe. “My parents took us to one of the training camps at Walt Disney World at Wide World of Sports, and I met Matt Bryant, who was the Bucs’ kicker at the time. It was a pretty cool experience.”
Aguayo, as the second round began to tick away tonight, began to wonder if the Bucs were his destination. In fact, during his conference call with Bucs media tonight, he confessed he didn’t think it was going to happen.
Then his phone rang. He looked at the number and noticed it contained an “813” area code. His first thought, he said, was Tampa Bay.
It was, in fact, the Bucs, informing him he was selected by his favorite team.
“The Bucs were interested,” Aguayo said of chatting with Jason Licht at Florida State’s Pro Day. “And on my end, I was very interested!”
April 29th, 2016 at 9:51 pm
Welcome to The Bucs!
April 29th, 2016 at 9:57 pm
If this kid kicks as good as he did in college? Watch out NFC South!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:01 pm
Lichts good buddies in New England had two straight picks and missed a PAT on the AFC Championship. Also they traded out after our swipe… Jameis likes barely like having to cross the 50, and coaches like how Aguayo was perfect from NFL extra point range.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
Amazing how quick writers and fans turn on Jason Licht for this pick. All we did was give up the 4th from Chicago to get our 3rd pick early. Another starter and leading scorer on your team. Hopefully it works out…
April 29th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
Solid pick. Welcome to Tampa!!! Please win several games for us and shut the haters up. LOL
April 29th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
I need a triple shot, my grade for my beloved bucs just went from and a “A” to an “F” !!! Now we just need a wr, s, lb depth, DT, another de, and a kick returner! Maybe now we’ll trade back up for another qb!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:04 pm
With each DE that gets picked, I’m hating this kicker pick more amd more…..A F#@king kicker over a DE….SMFH!!!!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:04 pm
Looks like we traded up again. Come on billings!!!! Loving this draft!!!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:04 pm
Gobsmacked I be
April 29th, 2016 at 10:04 pm
I like Licht again.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
He’s likely a better salesman than kicker. He sold licht on doing something really stupid
April 29th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
Boo. Never mind. ESPN messed up. Sorry fellas!!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
Love this whole draft so far. Getting Aguayo is going to have some folks upset because they’ll say it’s too high, but the points he’ll get us will make him well worth it.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
Welcome to Tampa Roberto!!!
Yeah, Bellicheat was probably about to pick him with one of those back to back picks, and Licht swooped in and said NOPE! Just like we did with Marpet last year. What a beast that Licht is!!!!
Grand slam soon to come if we can get Pharoh Cooper, or if somehow Billings is still there (Im scratching my head as to why he still hasnt been selected).
April 29th, 2016 at 10:07 pm
Just Bad!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:08 pm
BamaBuc…you had me hunting all over the place to find it. lol shame shame not nice.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:09 pm
Don’t buy the belicheck was going to take him hype. He’s too smart to draft him that high.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:09 pm
We didnt trade up! Thats the KC pick we traded.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:09 pm
So now people are whining not because we didnt draft a DE, because we did, but because we didnt draft as many as they wanted? LMAO. Buc fans never quit amusing me.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:10 pm
Just track the picks here….
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/tracker#dt-by-round-input:3/dt-tabs:dt-by-round
April 29th, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Nobody hates the kid. People hate the fact that the Bucs value a kicker more highly than then 2 other position players that they sacrificed.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:15 pm
I’ll continue to say it, I don’t love it because it’s a kicker in the second round. But, remember last year when we traded into the second round ahead of NE. How did that pick work out?
April 29th, 2016 at 10:17 pm
Yeah sry 87. They didn’t change it on the ticker thought licht did it again. Wouldn’t surprise me. Lol. Can I get a mulligan?
April 29th, 2016 at 10:18 pm
I will bet anyone here a Roberto Aguayo jersey that Aguayo makes more pro-bowls than Vonn Bell
Any takers?
April 29th, 2016 at 10:20 pm
Kickers are awfully fickle. One twitch and the kid could start pulling or pushing the damn things.
Seems totally insane.
Hell the Noles would have won that championship with no kicker. Jameis lit everyone a new one.
I can’t even remember him making a game winning kick.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:20 pm
You all are stupid.. How many games is a WR, S, DT going win you a year? Your K’s win or lose you 3-4 games per year.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Other than your QB the next highest scorer on your team is your K, plain and simple.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
I’ll take any player other then a kicker
April 29th, 2016 at 10:37 pm
Aaron, you’re an idiot!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:40 pm
Welcome Roberto! Happy to continue to watch you and your great leg!
April 29th, 2016 at 10:40 pm
@Eric
Short memory. They won a lot of close games Jameis’ last year because of his leg.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:43 pm
Last Season:
Barth was 23-28 with a 82% Adj with a long of 53 yards.
Aguayo was 21 of 26 with a 80% Adj with a long of 51 yards. Kicking a larger NFL ball won’t make life easier either. Some kickers don’t transition well to the NFL, Brindza or it takes them a few years to adjust, Nugent.
I do think Aguayo is a slightly better kicker but the only knock on Barth was in previous years he had trouble kicking off through the end zone. Now with the rule change that isn’t as important. Barth always had good hang time and placement on his kickoffs. I’m a former walk on kicker at FSU and usually pointing out the importance of kickers to a team but in this case the Bucs clearly gave up too much for Roberto. I’ll be his biggest fan and am looking forward to meeting him.
April 29th, 2016 at 11:26 pm
@ joe
BPA available regardless of position according to your board. I hope you are getting an understanding of how the draft works now.
April 30th, 2016 at 1:20 am
If all three start and are effective, that will be 7 in 2 years. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE!
April 30th, 2016 at 6:15 am
Well after reading the previous comments it DOES NOT make me feel any better this morning at all. I do not care where he comes from we just had too many greater needs and now not a chance in hell to address them. It blew my mind what we gave for him at that point. I immediately turned off the draft before I became sicker, what a waste of a great oppurtunity.
April 30th, 2016 at 7:07 am
The Bucs could be set at kicker for the next 20 years. I’m fine with that. It’s a better return on the investment than the likely 4 or 5 years we would get from 3rd and 4th round players at any other position. This was not a casual decision. Their jobs depend on making the best choice possible. I believe they did. The biggest problem last season was leadership and poor coaching. That’s been corrected. This team had talent last year. Lovie didn’t know how to make the best use of it. Mike Smith knows. The Bucs are going to have a balance of talent on offense and defense for the first time in franchise history. Bobby is going to be busy kicking a lot of extra points.
April 30th, 2016 at 9:00 am
Just a small list of players we could have gotten instead of RA. He is a great kicker BUT::: DT: A. Washington, Javon Hargrave, Maliek Collins. DE:: Carl Nassib, Shilique Calhoun. OT Shon Coleman, LeRaven Clark. FS: Vonn Bell. RB Prosise. WR Braxton Miller, Leonte Caroo CB: Cyrus Jones, Daryl Worley. PLUS any of the first nine selected today. For these reasons I do not agree with the pick. Just too many needs.
April 30th, 2016 at 9:41 am
News flash…..kicker was a need as well or maybe you guys missed last season.
April 30th, 2016 at 10:21 am
Great Pick draft and Licht got better with Spence pick,
April 30th, 2016 at 10:24 am
Lest we forget we lost the first Carolina game last year due to missed FG’s? I understand the haters view of needs at S, DT, LB, but strong special teams are essential to a winning organization. RA brings incredible accuracy and confidence to the offense for the next 15+ years, he will earn every bit of this selection and then some. Go Bucs!
April 30th, 2016 at 11:46 am
America’s Kicker?