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Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff Writer 8y

Bucs rookie kicker Roberto Aguayo misses PAT, two field goals in first two games

NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter suggested last week maybe it was nerves, or even the wind, that caused kicker Roberto Aguayo to miss what should have been an easy extra point. This week, following a miss on a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter Saturday night, Koetter didn't provide any excuses for his second-round draft pick.

"We've got to make the damn field goal," Koetter said.

When asked how worried he was about Aguayo, Koetter responded with, "Ummm ... I wouldn't say worried. But this is the NFL, man. They're paid to make kicks. He knows it and I know it -- everybody knows it. I mean, it is what it is."

Aguayo went 2-for-4 on field goals Saturday night, missing from 32 and 49 yards in the Bucs' 27-21 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. On the 32-yard attempt, the ball sailed wide right. On the second miss, it sailed wide right again. He did manage to make field goals from 28 and 34 yards and made all three extra points, but the mistakes have been uncharacteristic of the typically clutch kicker.

"I had more misses tonight than him," quarterback Jameis Winston said in his postgame press conference. "I don't think these really count. I just think he's teasing people right now. I know he's gonna produce during the season."

So how does the most accurate kicker in college football history miss three kicks in the first two NFL preseason games? One reason for his inconsistency may be that he hasn't had the same holder for each attempt. The team has alternated between punters Jacob Schum and Bryan Anger.

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