The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are sadly not strangers to making mind-numbingly bad trades or free agent signings that came back to bite them in the rear end. One move that will stand the test of time as one of the worst moves this franchise will ever make is their decision to move up for kicker Roberto Aguayo.
The Buccaneers not only selected the Florida State star in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft, but they traded up to do so. The move was widely mocked at the time, and it proved to be so terrible that it still stands as one of the worst moves this team has ever made.
Bleacher Report ranked the Aguayo trade as the worst such trade the Buccaneers have made in the last 10 seasons, and there really isn't a ton of competition for that title. Aguayo was supposed to fix what had been a festering issue for Tampa Bay, but he only made things worse for everyone.
Fans need to be thankful this move didn't bring about the end of Jason Licht.
Buccaneers' Roberto Aguayo trade named worst in last decade by B/R
Aguayo had such a legendary college career that he was named to a college football special teams Mount Rushmore. However, the former Seminoles star was so inconsistent that it became an easy decision to part with him after just one season and accept the loss of a wasted draft pick.
Aguayo missed nine kicks and two extra points in his old professional season. His biggest problem was hitting field goals from distance, as he went just 4-11 on kicks from greater than 40 yards away. In college, meanwhile, Aguayo missed just nine total field goal attempts in three seasons.
Tyreek Hill, Dak Prescott, and Joe Thuney were some of the best players that Tampa Bay passed up on to select Aguayo. Other standouts include Matt Judon, Justin Simmons, and Javon Hargrave. Things worked out after Tom Brady came to town, but this is still an egregious miss.
Aguayo hasn't played in the NFL since leaving the Bucs following his lone season, as tryouts with teams like the Bears, Chargers, and Patriots went nowhere. The Aguayo story has been such a calamity that it changed years of NFL Draft strategy, as since this pick, San Francisco's Jake Moody is the only kicker or punter to have been selected before the fourth round.