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I agree that it's odd, especially considering kickers decide about 1/4 of the points scored in a game on average and most of the top 30 players in points scored every year are... you guessed it... kickers.
Buttttttttttt....
The NFL is, at least currently, oversaturated with talent at the position. We're in a time where the margin between the top of the heap and the average is approximately 3% or 1 FG made per season. A bad kicker will still make 70% and the average is near 85%. It's really hard to distinguish the worthiness of the position, even as vital as it may be. There is just so little consistency when you look at quantifiable data to support an argument that one kicker is more deserving than another.
I think it takes a truly special kicker to even elicit conversation. Justin Tucker just might end up that guy, but I'm not sure if there are many you can make an argument for. Tucker is one of the few that have been consistently great for a long stretch without bouncing down around the mean.
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