Factoid
Since the Rams signed Josh Brown to a free agent contract, he has scored a league-high 45 percent of their points – 310 out of 696. But that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Brown has excellent range and benefits from kicking in a dome, but the Rams have settled for field goals far too often. Too few of their drives have resulted in touchdowns, which is why they keep losing games.
In the last three years, notice, only six other teams have scored over 40 percent of their points on field goals. The Rams have done it three years in row. Note that all of those teams finished with losing records. In today’s NFL, you need to close out drives with touchdowns.
TEAMS SCORING 35-PLUS PERCENT OF POINTS ON KICKS, 2008-2010
Teams with the highest percentage of kicking points in the last three years.
Pct. Year Team (W-L record)
48.3% 2008 St. Louis (2-14)
48.2% 2009 Oakland (5-11)
46.9% 2010 Carolina (2-14)
46.6% 2008 Cleveland (4-12)
43.3% 2010 St. Louis (7-9)
42.1% 2010 Miami (7-9)
41.9% 2009 Buffalo (6-10)
41.7% 2009 St. Louis (1-15)
41.2% 2008 Cincinnati (4-11-1)
38.9% 2008 Washington (8-8)
37.4% 2009 Denver (8-8)
37.1% 2009 Cleveland (5-11)
36.9% 2008 Buffalo (7-9)
36.9% 2008 Oakland (5-11)
36.3% 2008 Tampa Bay (9-7)
36.1% 2008 New England (11-5)
35.8% 2010 Cleveland (5-11)
35.7% 2009 Seattle (5-11)
35.7% 2008 San Francisco (7-9)
35.4% 2009 Kansas City (4-12)
35.1% 2009 NY Jets (9-7)
—Ian Allan
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