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Bucs GM Licht Defends Taking Kicker Matt Gay After Drafting Bust Roberto Aguayo

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the first team to select a kicker in the 2019 NFL draft, taking Utah's Matt Gay.

If that gives Buccaneers fans pause after their Roberto Aguayo disaster, general manager Jason Licht is ready to quell fans' nerves.

"Kicker's a very important position. It's one of the most important positions on the team. Right now, we have a coach that really believes in kickers and the importance of it, [he] stresses it," general manager Jason Licht told reporters.

"When [coach] Bruce Arians was hired, we had several discussions about what we were going to do to refine the ways that we do things in terms of finding a good kicker.