NFL journey Zach Hocker participated in practice for the first time in a long time on Sunday. Seeing Hocker in a Bengals uniform lets the current kicker #1 on the depth chart, Mike Nugent, know that the kicking battle is beginning.
Nugent has been quite underwhelming thus far in the first two preseason games. Nuge has missed two field goals (45-yards and 48 yards) and 1 PAT in his uncontested kicking position. To his credit, Nugent hasn’t shied away from addressing his kicking woes. After the Lions game, he told the Cincinnati Enquirer, “I’m not in any way, shape or form am I happy.