Jack, key phrase in your post describing the Stanford tight end is Red Zone receiver. Then Mo asks if he can kick. This is the most important stat during a game, Red Zone conversion percentage. If a game is characterized by being a series of drives, how each drive ends is critical. Punt or turnover if they fail too early but if a drive makes its way down to within the opponents 20 yard line, short of turnovers, they end in a touchdown or a field goal. So it follows that the amount of field goal attempts is directly proportional to the amount of failed red zone conversions you have, inversely proportional to your successful red zone conversion percentage. If your red zone conversion percentage was 100% you would never need a field goal kicker, only a guy to do kickoffs. So it follows that the number of times that we rely on F'akers is the amount of failed red zone attempts we have had. Drafting with an eye towards red zone success lessens our dependence on field goal kickers. But also keep in mind that Akers cancelled his Twitter account because of death threats so we have to keep things in perspective as well.