The Patriots don’t have Stephen Gostkowski or Tom Brady anymore, but the kicking points just keep piling up. Nick Folk is on pace to finish with yet another high-scoring season for a New England kicker.
In the last 10 years, only 10 teams have scored more than 150 kicking points in a season. The Patriots have half of those seasons.
And barring a late-season decline, Folk will finish with more points than all of those previous New England kickers. With the season expanding to 17 games, he’s on pace for 167 points – in the mix to maybe finish with a new single-season record. Not bad for a guy who actually got released in the final roster cutdown (the Patriots later re-signed him, moving youngster Quinn Nordin to IR – Nordin has since been released).
Here’s the list of the teams that have averaged at least 9 kicking points in a season since 2011.
KICKERS AVERAGING 9 POINTS (last 10 yrs) | ||||
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Year | Team | G | Points | Avg |
2017 | LA Rams | 16 | 168 | 10.50 |
2011 | San Francisco | 16 | 166 | 10.38 |
2017 | Kansas City | 16 | 163 | 10.19 |
2016 | Atlanta | 16 | 158 | 9.88 |
2013 | • New England | 16 | 158 | 9.88 |
2021 | New England | 13 | 128 | 9.85 |
2017 | • New England | 16 | 156 | 9.75 |
2014 | • New England | 16 | 156 | 9.75 |
2018 | LA Rams | 16 | 153 | 9.56 |
2012 | • New England | 16 | 153 | 9.56 |
2015 | • New England | 16 | 151 | 9.44 |
2013 | Denver | 16 | 150 | 9.38 |
2018 | Houston | 16 | 150 | 9.38 |
2014 | Philadelphia | 16 | 150 | 9.38 |
2020 | Atlanta | 16 | 148 | 9.25 |
2019 | Kansas City | 16 | 147 | 9.19 |
2011 | New Orleans | 16 | 147 | 9.19 |
2015 | Carolina | 16 | 146 | 9.13 |
2012 | NY Giants | 16 | 145 | 9.06 |
2017 | San Francisco | 16 | 145 | 9.06 |
2020 | Las Vegas | 16 | 144 | 9.00 |
2020 | Miami | 16 | 144 | 9.00 |
2019 | New Orleans | 16 | 144 | 9.00 |
2013 | San Diego | 16 | 144 | 9.00 |
—Ian Allan