Even before the MVP of Super Bowl ¾ XXIII had the card in his hand, the 153rd pick in last month’s draft, Jim Breech thought it might be a kicker.
After all, it was the fifth round when special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons urged the Bengals to take punter Kevin Huber eight years ago and Huber is still here alive and kicking.
So Breech’s mouth curled into an ever so slight smile just before the only man to score 1,000 points in Bengals history announced to the cameras that Jake Elliott of Memphis had just become the Bengals highest drafted pure kicker ever in the 50th such proceeding.