Factoid
I’m currently going through a bunch of the different stat charts we maintain around here. It’s all part of the scouting process – you see which names jump out at you. And that helps when it comes time to slot players.
At the kicker position, one of the charts I maintain is field goal accuracy in the range of 40 to 49 yards. Anything inside the 40, is practically a gimme for today’s kickers – they’re all that good. And the 50-plus kicks are the tough ones, where accuracy can be dependent in part on weather and field conditions.
It’s 40 to 49 yards, I figure, that’s a real measuring stick range. Those are kicks that guys need to be able to make, but they’re not so easy that anybody can just go out and chip them in.
I notice, looking at the figures for the last three years (total numbers for all three seasons), that as luck would have, the top two guys are both currently unrestricted free agents. Some team, it seems, could pick up a nice option at the kicker position in the coming weeks.
KICKER ACCURACY FROM 40-TO-49 YARDS
(total figures for the 2007-2009 seasons)
FG FGA Pct
17 19 .895 Neil Rackers
18 21 .857 Shayne Graham
17 20 .850 Phil Dawson
34 41 .829 Rob Bironas
24 29 .828 Jason Hanson
24 29 .828 Ryan Longwell
22 27 .815 John Kasay
22 27 .815 Jason Elam
16 20 .800 Jeff Reed
12 15 .800 Olindo Mare
22 28 .786 Jay Feely
17 22 .773 Dan Carpenter
27 35 .771 Shaun Suisham
27 35 .771 Robbie Gould
16 21 .762 Joe Nedney
18 24 .750 Sebastian Janikowski
22 30 .733 Nick Folk
17 24 .708 Stephen Gostkowski
20 29 .690 David Akers
22 32 .688 Josh Brown
20 30 .667 Rian Lindell
18 27 .667 Mason Crosby
16 24 .667 Nate Kaeding
17 26 .654 Kris Brown
15 23 .652 Matt Stover
11 17 .647 Matt Bryant
11 18 .611 Josh Scobee
14 24 .583 Matt Prater
—Ian Allan
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