Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM Jason Licht has an almost unimpeachable track record when it comes to the NFL Draft, but he hasn't been immune to mistakes. For as good as he's done creating the most homegrown roster in the league, Licht's misses have been notable because he's has so few of them.
One of his worst was one that put him in a club that now includes a former Buccaneers great.
Back in 2016, the Bucs traded up in the second round to draft Florida State star kicker Roberto Aguayo, a move that aged incredibly poorly. It wasn't a bad pick at the time -- Aguayo was one of the best kickers in college football history -- but he quickly forgot how to do the one thing he was drafted to do.
It was a rare miss by Licht, but now John Lynch and the San Francisco 49ers are in the same boat as the Buccaneers.
49ers and Buccaneers now share space in one of the NFL's saddest clubs
The Niners used the 99th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft on Michigan kicker Jake Moody, and lived to regret it just as much as the Bucs did with Aguayo. On Tuesday, after missing some key kicks in the season opener, the 49ers released Moody and, in the process, took some of the egg off Tampa Bay's face and put it on their own.
Bucs fans are very familiar with Moody's work. Less than a calendar year ago, Moody was in Tampa with the 49ers in a game where he missed three field goals. Thanks to a brutal performance by Todd Bowles' defense, Moody was afforded a fourth opportunity, which was a game-winning one that he made.
That was probably the last good moment that he had.
Moody finishes his career with the 49ers having made just 46 out of 62 regular season field goal attempts while going 6-for-8 in the postseason. Those are hardly reliable numbers and San Francisco has finally seen enough.
It's still not as bad as what the Bucs dealt with from Aguayo, who went from being nicknamed "Mr. Perfect" in college to being so bad that he lasted just a single season in the NFL. After the Bucs mercifully released him in 2017, he bounced around on various practice squads and has been out of the league since 2021.
Licht won't be able to live down the pick, even if it never really comes close to tarnishing his draft record, but at least he has company in one of the NFL saddest exclusive clubs.
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