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Ryan Succop

Bucs moving on from veteran kicker

Tampa Bay releases Ryan Succop. Not a surprise, and I’m not sure that we’ll see him again.

Succop has had a nice career since between chosen with the last pick of the 2009 draft, including winning a Super Bowl, but leg strength is an issue for him. With him being 36, I don’t think most teams will be interested in having him come into compete for a job.

Succop’s short-range accuracy is fine. He can adequately handle extra points and field goals inside 45 yards. But in today’s NFL, the expectation is that there will also be some longer field goals, and Succop has struggled in that range.

Over the last four years, Succop has converted only 3 of his 11 field goal attempts from 50-plus; that includes 2 of 7 last year. Of the 29 other kickers who’ve attempted at least 10 field goals from that range since 2019, only one hasn’t made at least half of his tries. Six have converted at least 80 percent.

50-YARD FIELD GOALS
PlayerFGFGAPct
Evan McPherson141687.5%
Chase McLaughlin172181.0%
Chris Boswell172181.0%
Daniel Carlson212680.8%
Younghoe Koo202580.0%
Graham Gano202580.0%
Jason Myers131776.5%
Matt Gay172373.9%
Matt Prater253473.5%
Justin Tucker192673.1%
Ka'imi Fairbairn172470.8%
Nick Folk121770.6%
Zane Gonzalez71070.0%
Jake Elliott121866.7%
Harrison Butker172665.4%
Brett Maher132065.0%
Mason Crosby91464.3%
Joey Slye172763.0%
Tyler Bass81361.5%
Brandon McManus274461.4%
Greg Joseph111957.9%
Jason Sanders152657.7%
Wil Lutz81457.1%
Randy Bullock61154.5%
Cairo Santos71353.8%
Greg Zuerlein163250.0%
Robbie Gould71450.0%
Dustin Hopkins61250.0%
Michael Badgley41136.4%
Ryan Succop31127.3%

—Ian Allan

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