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How do NFL kickers deal with pressure and failure? We asked three former greats
6 days, 14 hours ago

How do NFL kickers deal with pressure and failure? We asked three former greats

New York Times  

Few positions in sports face more singular pressure than NFL kickers. The Athletic posed that question to three former greats: Nick Lowery, a member of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Hall of Honor; Matt Stover, who ranks sixth in career made field goals; and Stephen Gostkowski, the 11th most-accurate kicker in league history. “It’s hard enough to do it right every …

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NFL kickers are better than ever from long distance, and that's changing football
1 month ago

NFL kickers are better than ever from long distance, and that's changing football

NPR  

NFL kickers are better than ever from long distance, and that's changing football toggle caption Ron Jenkins/Getty Images In the NFL, kickers are rarely a team's big star — but this year, they are stealing the show. Head coaches had to change, too The other key to uncorking the sudden boom in long field goals wasn't the kickers at all …

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Why are so many NFL kickers getting hurt? Specialist switches have been trending up this season
1 month, 1 week ago

Why are so many NFL kickers getting hurt? Specialist switches have been trending up this season

Associated Press  

EAGAN, Minn. — The kicker carousel has spun frequently around the NFL this fall. “Just looking for a live leg, you know?” New York Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said last week after his team’s latest shuffle landed on Spencer Shrader, who’s now headed for the Kansas City Chiefs with eighth-year veteran Harrison Butker on injured reserve. “I would never …

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Jason Kelce proposes major NFL rule change
2 months, 1 week ago

Jason Kelce proposes major NFL rule change

Daily Mail  

Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce apparently wants to take the 'foot' out of football. On the latest episode of his 'New Heights' podcast alongside his brother and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Jason went off on what he deems to be the scourge of the league: kickers making too many field goals. Former Eagles center Jason Kelce …

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Chaminade has become the school for kickers and punters
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chaminade has become the school for kickers and punters

LA Times  

Kicker/punters are not like quarterbacks. Now he’s averaging 44.6 yards per punt as a senior and committed to Holy Cross, where he also might be the kicker. Tough game last night against sierra canyon Went 2/2 on touchbacks and had a 49 yard fg First video: 68 yard 3.6 hang KO Second video: 49 yard FG@coachchucs @latsondheimer @Tarek_Fattal @_ColeMurphy_ @Chris_Sailer …

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L.A. Kickers players finally get their long-deserved U.S. Open Cup tribute
2 months, 4 weeks ago

L.A. Kickers players finally get their long-deserved U.S. Open Cup tribute

LA Times  

The 1958 U.S. champion Los Angeles Kickers. Eberhard Herz, fourth from the right in the bottom row, is among the players who will be honored before Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup final between LAFC and Kansas City at BMO Stadium. The last time Lothar Pospich, Manfred Norstadt and Eberhard Herz lifted the U.S. Open Cup trophy together, there were just a …

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Analysis: Kickers benefited from rusty, ineffective offenses
3 months, 1 week ago

Analysis: Kickers benefited from rusty, ineffective offenses

Associated Press  

On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. That’s something you’re constantly trying get better at through the season as you go.” Overrate this Josh Allen already had a chip on his shoulder long before a player survey conducted by ESPN during the offseason called him the “most overrated quarterback” in the NFL. I’ve always …

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Kickers tackling? You’ll see them forced to try under new NFL kickoff rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kickers tackling? You’ll see them forced to try under new NFL kickoff rules

LA Times  

Kickers such as the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker will be all by themself when they kick off under the NFL’s new rules on the play. “This is going to make more people be glued to their TV.” — Cinque Sweeting, kick returner for the XFL’s Vegas Vipers The new rules put the majority of opposing players much closer together for kickoffs, …

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Prep Rally: Looking at the top defensive backs and kickers this season
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Prep Rally: Looking at the top defensive backs and kickers this season

LA Times  

Sophomore Vance Spafford makes touchdown catch for Mission Viejo in Division 2 playoff win over Palos Verdes. pic.twitter.com/zpeQWJzbql — eric sondheimer August 1, 2024 He’s already identified an outstanding freshman slated to start at left offensive tackle in 6-foot-2, 240-pound Richard Dunn. pic.twitter.com/bhWLYjBIS6 — Cincinnati Reds July 29, 2024 Paul Edwards has resigned after six years as girls’ basketball coach …

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For NFL kickers, new kickoff rules mean abandoning old habits, but also new opportunities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

For NFL kickers, new kickoff rules mean abandoning old habits, but also new opportunities

Associated Press  

IRVINE, Calif. — New Orleans Saints special teams coach Darren Rizzi said he felt like a real estate agent during the early days of training camp, urging kickers to scrap their long-held, deep-ball approach to kickoffs and focus instead on “location, location, location.” “You’ve got to get the old mentality out of your heads,” Rizzi said. “It’s a little more …

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Kelly Stafford weighs in on Harrison Butker saga with passionate rant after Chiefs kicker's controversial speech: 'It is a choice'
7 months ago

Kelly Stafford weighs in on Harrison Butker saga with passionate rant after Chiefs kicker's controversial speech: 'It is a choice'

Daily Mail  

Kelly Stafford has spoken out on the Harrison Butker controversy amid outrage over the Kansas City Chiefs kicker's commencement speech last weekend. Kelly Stafford has weighed on the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker Butker sparked fury after taking aim at women, the LGBTQ + community and more in an opinion-dividing speech at Benedictine College Stafford, the wife of LA Rams quarterback …

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Revealed: The scientist who raised Harrison Butker! Controversial Chiefs kicker's mom is an accomplished physicist - but her son says women must be homemakers
7 months ago

Revealed: The scientist who raised Harrison Butker! Controversial Chiefs kicker's mom is an accomplished physicist - but her son says women must be homemakers

Daily Mail  

Butker said a woman's life 'truly' begins when she gets married and has children The mother of controversial Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is an accomplished and decorated scientist, DailyMail.com can reveal. Elizabeth holds several academic accolades, including a degree in chemistry from Smith College, a private women's liberal arts school in Massachusetts. Harrison Butker's mom, Elizabeth Keller Butker, …

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From unemployed to Pro Bowl: Soccer players revitalizing the NFL kicking game
11 months, 2 weeks ago

From unemployed to Pro Bowl: Soccer players revitalizing the NFL kicking game

LA Times  

It was Brandon Aubrey’s wife Jenn who first realized her husband might have been playing the wrong sport. “Taking somebody who’s never done something at a certain level, it’s more about just mastering the muscle memory and things like that,” said Egan, whose kicking school is less than 20 miles from where Aubrey attended high school in Plano, Texas. The …

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Three Rams things: Trade deadline, contradictory kicker strategy, Tutu Atwell’s impact
1 year, 1 month ago

Three Rams things: Trade deadline, contradictory kicker strategy, Tutu Atwell’s impact

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the Ravens vs Rams in NFL Week 14 action. “You kind of have to have some resources and different things like that for those to be options,” McVay said earlier this month, “so I don’t know that those conversations will be as prevalent as maybe in years past.” In background conversations with team and …

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Browns’ commitment and confidence in Cade York appears more shaken after kicker’s latest miss
1 year, 3 months ago

Browns’ commitment and confidence in Cade York appears more shaken after kicker’s latest miss

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Cade York may no longer have a powerful leg to stand on with the Browns. York’s struggles this summer have eroded Cleveland’s confidence in him and coach Kevin Stefanski’s failure to commit to the second-year kicker for the season opener has raised more questions about his future. Despite York’s misses in exhibition games, the Browns had been adamantly …

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No. 2 Bama’s Reichard has flipped script for Saban kickers
2 years, 3 months ago

No. 2 Bama’s Reichard has flipped script for Saban kickers

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! That includes Reichard’s game-winning kick against Texas last weekend, his first game winner since the third grade when he lifted his Hoover Raiders past Clay-Chalkville. “The pregame is always really special to him,” said Reichard’s mother, Dana. “That was always something that’s always motivated me since …

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Back to school deals 2022: Top savings on laptops, school shoes, backpacks and more
2 years, 4 months ago

Back to school deals 2022: Top savings on laptops, school shoes, backpacks and more

The Independent  

Get a daily round-up of the best shopping deals, chosen by our IndyBest experts Sign up to our Daily Deals email Sign up to our Daily Deals email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Buy now WHSmith assorted colour school maths set in clear case: Was £7.99, now £3.99, Whsmith.co.uk …

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It’s time to ban kickers from fantasy football
3 years, 5 months ago

It’s time to ban kickers from fantasy football

New York Times  

Note: This column originally ran in November 2018, and was nominated for Fantasy Football Column of the Year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. I’m happy to say that it appears as if the movement is gaining a ton of steam thanks to tweets Next year, should ESPN’s standard fantasy football game have kickers or no? The majority of the …

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Are NFL kickers’ jobs easier without crowds? They say no. Stats say … maybe?
4 years, 2 months ago

Are NFL kickers’ jobs easier without crowds? They say no. Stats say … maybe?

New York Times  

Ka’imi Fairbairn knew where to look when the game hung in the balance. Year FG% 20-29 YDs FG% 30-39 YDS FG% 40-49 YDS FG% 50-59 YDS FG% OVERALL 2020 97 95.9 79.8 64.2 86 2015-19 97.8 91.3 76.4 62.7 83.9 2010-14 96.6 89 77.7 61.9 83.9 Five weeks and 309 field goal attempts into this season, it’s hard to know …

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