NFL kickers better than ever on long field goals, but missing key kicks late in games
Kickers are hitting an unprecedented 73% of field goals 50 yards or longer this year, but that hasn’t stopped a spate of ...
NFL kickers are better than ever from long distance, and that's changing football
Field goals of 50 yards or longer used to be a rare thing in the NFL. But this season, kickers are hitting them at a record ...
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Kickers Are as Good as Ever These Days, Yet Some of the NFL's True Standouts Are Suddenly Struggling
Kickers league-wide have made 84.9% of their field-goal attempts this season. That's down a tick from last year's 85.9%, but ...
Normally ‘automatic’ kickers like Justin Tucker, Younghoe Koo are struggling in 2024
Tucker stands as the most eye-popping surprise given he’s built a Pro Football Hall of Fame résumé. He missed two field goals ...
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'The Rizzi effect.' See how badly opposing kickers have performed against Darren Rizzi's Saints
Opposing kickers are now 1-for-6 on field goal attempts at the Superdome against Rizzi, which is being coined as "the Rizzi ...
Why are so many NFL kickers getting hurt? Specialist switches have been trending up this season
The kicker carousel has spun frequently around the NFL this fall. The riders keep getting hurt. There were 45 different ...
Bengals' Evan McPherson among five 2024 kickers with career-low FG percentage after missed kicks vs. Chargers
That was rarely clearer than in Week 11, when All-Pros like Jake Elliott and Justin Tucker missed multiple field goals apiece ...
Shake-up at the top of AFC? Season over for Jets and Cowboys? Struggles for kickers? NFL Week 11 takeaways
Between the reigning Super Bowl champions losing their first game of the season and former contenders continuing their ...
Kickers from SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech named semifinalists for 2024 Lou Groza Award
SMU’s Collin Rogers, Texas A&M’s Randy Bond and Texas Tech’s Gino Garcia have all been named in the group of 20 semifinalists ...