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Why the Raiders feel just fine with Mike Nugent as their kicker

One of the best kickers ever is a free agent and the Raiders’ starting kicker is out for the season.

Raiders special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia just so happened to coach that free agent the last five seasons, too.

Dan Bailey made 88.2 percent of his field goals in seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys before they cut him last week, the second-highest mark in NFL history. Mike Nugent’s 81-percent clip isn’t too shabby, but there remains a dominant kicker without a job who’s familiar with the special teams coach of a team one might think could use him.