It was fairly obvious who the Buccaneers were casting their lot with at kicker, when they traded up in the second round to take Roberto Aguayo.
Now comes the housekeeping of getting rid of the rest of them, and at least Connor Barth kept it professional on his way out the door.
According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs are cutting Barth today, in the #asexpected move.
What wasn’t necessarily #expected was Barth’s classy message to the guy whose arrival meant he was no longer part of the family.
Congrats to @_RobertoAguayo with @TBBuccaneers ..Hope you have a long career in #Tampa ! Hold it down man! @NFL @espn #respect 🙏🏻 #kickers
— Connor Barth (@contbarth) May 2, 2016
Of course, Barth’s been around long enough to know the itinerant life of a kicker, as this is the third time he’s been cut by the Bucs for a sight-unseen kicker. He did a good enough job last year, hitting 23-of-28 field goals after coming back to replace Kyle Brindza. He had previously been released so they could try Patrick Murray.
So maybe the problem is with the Bucs’ judgement of kickers, rather than Barth’s ability to be one.
