The Buffalo Bills have, for the better part of the last 20 years, employed strong kickers. From Rian Lindell to Dan Carpenter to Stephen Hauschka, the team has had a steady stream of solid contributors in the kicking game.
One thing about kickers is that, in theory, they can stay in the game for a long time. Without the contact associated with football, as long as they keep making kicks, they can stick around well into their 40s. Another thing about kickers is that, sometimes, as quickly as they can become useful weapons, they can fall off a metaphorical cliff in terms of their ability to convert stalled drives into points.