Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Ryan Succop in Competition with Rookie Cairo Santos

July 1, 2014   ·   Jason Seibel   ·   Jump to comments

In the National Football League, there is only one certainty: Your job is never safe. It doesn't matter if you're an elite quarterback, star running back or the starting kicker, there will always be somebody younger—and cheaper—to take your place.
The Kansas City Chiefs aren't immune to that mantra.
In 2009, the Chiefs made South Carolina kicker Ryan Succop "Mr. Irrelevant" by selecting him with the 256th overall and final pick of that year's draft.
Since joining the Chiefs, Succop has been anything but irrelevant. While he's not the most accurate of field-goal kickers in the NFL—converting 119 of 147 field-goal attempts for an 81 percent make rate—he's dead on with his extra points, making every single one of the 160 he's attempted since entering the league.
However, perhaps where he's the weakest is his leg strength.
Succop only boasts a career-long field goal of 54 yards. That won't wow anyone in regard to how strong his kic...

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