Lot of Money To Kick

How much do you pay a kicker? The Pats showed that they would not pay top dollar to keep Adam Vinatieri in spite of his Super Bowl winning kicks. They have done very well with Stephen Gostowski as his replacement.

Some teams are willing to overpay. The Oakland Raiders do that on a regular basis for positional players. They emptied the vault to keep kicker Sebastian Janikowski with a 5 year/ $19 million contract. It includes $8 million guaranteed over the next two years. This might not be the best example of managing the salary cap, but the Raiders do things like that.

Janikowski is one of the most accurate kickers in the league and has the highest rate of touch backs. He was the 17th overall selection in the 2000 draft, way before Tom Brady was drafted at 199.

Each team makes their own decisions with their salary cap. I just don't think the Raiders made the best decision with this one.