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Fairbairn piles up the field goals

Texans settle for field goals at an unusual rate

I’m a big Ka’imi Fairbairn fan, and not just because my niece is married to a guy who went to Punahou (a school whose alums include Barack Obama, DeForest Buckner and Andrei Iosivas). Fairbairn makes his kicks, and man do they use him a lot.

At times, it almost seems like Houston’s offense is built around its kicker. The offense scored only 33 touchdowns but generated 52 field goals. That’s an insane ratio.

And helped by the insane workload, the Texans finished with 174 kicking points – the most in league history. Fairbairn missed two weeks, but in his 15 games, he tallied 160 points – 10.7 per week.

Houston kicked a league-record 48 field goals.

The limited efficiency – with lots of field goals but not many touchdowns – is rare. The only thing team I could find that was similar were the 2005 Arizona Cardinals, with 45 field goal attempts versus only 20 extra points. That was the year Neil Rackers went crazy.

Quite a year for Fairbairn

I don’t think his matchup for this week looks particularly good – at Pittsburgh – but with how they’ve been settling for field goals, Fairbairn would be the top kicker on my board for Wildcard Weekend.

TEAMS WITH OVER 35 FIELD GOALS
YearTeamXP-AFG-APoints
2025Houston30-3048-52174
2011San Francisco34-3444-52166
2005Arizona20-2043-45149
2017Kansas City40-4041-45163
2024Pittsburgh35-3541-44158
2025Seattle48-4841-48171
2024Dallas30-3040-47150
2017LA Rams48-5140-43168
2021Las Vegas30-3340-43150
2024LA Chargers33-3639-42150
1999Miami27-2739-46144
2017San Francisco28-3039-41145
2003St. Louis46-4639-42163
2020Atlanta34-3838-40148
2013Baltimore26-2638-41140
2025LA Chargers34-3538-41148
2013New England44-4438-41158
2022Baltimore31-3237-43142
1996Carolina34-3537-45145
2018Houston39-4137-42150
2024Miami26-2837-41137
2017New England45-4737-40156
2025Dallas47-4836-42155
2024Houston34-3636-42142
1996Indianapolis27-2736-40135
2008New England40-4036-40148
2021Pittsburgh27-2936-40135
1998Tennessee28-2836-40136

—Ian Allan

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