at the time the Raiders were pretty good with the exception of poor special teams play... they drafted Janikowski and two years later they were in the super bowl..... they lost badly but that had little to do with the kickerMyopic huh. I'm pretty sure most would read that sentence and understand that my point was it's picks like taking a FG kicker in rd1 as to why they sucked for years. Same as drafting purely on 40 times instead of FB talent.
Reality is that having that great FG kicker hasn't won them anything.
IMHO quality FG kickers can be found late in the draft or as UDFA's. Finding QB's, CB's, OT's, DE's, DT's, OLBers are what should be prioritized in rd 1. Safety's, OG's, ILBers and OC's need to be blue chippers to be taken in rd 1.
Kickers of any sort should not be taken in the first three rds IMO.
I'm will to be $50 dollars that 70% of FG kickers on NFL rosters at the beginning of this season were drafted in rd 4 or later or are UDFA's.
...so,...drafting a kicker "won them" an afc championship