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re: Was Butkers 60 yard FG last night the most impressive kick in NFL history?
Posted on 10/13/23 at 11:51 am to SirWinston
Posted on 10/13/23 at 11:51 am to SirWinston
Jake Elliott hit a 55-yard FG (still the longest make in NCAA OT history) in the 2014 Miami Beach Bowl that would have been good from 80 yards.
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Posted on 10/13/23 at 11:55 am to Wayne Campbell
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Touchbacks start at the 20
Push the kickoff back 5 yards to actually allow for opportunities by the return team again
They actively don't want that. It's the whole reason they changed kickoff and touchback rules in the first place.
agreed. they were trying to specifically reward both teams for not having a full speed collision.
i hate it. i don't want injuries, but kickoffs are a great equalizer and they've done everything possible to make sure it doesn't happen any more.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 11:59 am to SirWinston
And people wonder why Cole Tracy never got a shot in the NFL maxing out at 53 yards. I think I agree this is even more impressive than Tucker’s.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:03 pm to SirWinston
Greatest kick in history was Vinatieri vs the Raiders on 2001 playoffs. 45 yds in a blizzard and swirling wind to get it to OT.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:23 pm to SirWinston
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It was longer and the game was literally on the line. Make it and you set an NFL record and your teams wins. Miss it and your team loses.
Meh it’s still 1 of 16 or 17 games, and who really expects to make one that long?
Give me one a bit shorter that most NFL kickers should make but with careers and legacies on the line in the playoffs…
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:27 pm to tress4pres
It was a great kick and arguably the GOAT given the conditions and that it helped launch a dynasty. Also his GW kicks in SBs against the Rams and Panthers. Dude is legend.
It just dawned on me that the poor Loins were victims of both the Dempsey and Tucker kicks.
It just dawned on me that the poor Loins were victims of both the Dempsey and Tucker kicks.
This post was edited on 10/13/23 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:30 pm to SirWinston
Butker made a 54 yarder last year after getting carted off with an ankle sprain that forced him to miss the next four games.
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I would still go with Tom Dempsey’s 63 yarder with half a foot. Sever yards longer than the previous longest ever.
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I would still go with Tom Dempsey’s 63 yarder with half a foot. Sever yards longer than the previous longest ever.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:34 pm to AlonsoWDC
I should look that up. College ball is easier to kick far from my personal experience (decent HS kicker) and the KNFL balls are meant to make it more difficult still.
Kicking far is like throwing hard or running fast. There's no rhyme or reason to why 5'5" Blake Gruppe can kick as far as Sebastian Janikowski just like there's no real reason why Tim Lincecum could throw harder than Albert Pujols. I was accurate but couldn't really kick further than 45 yards with HS ball in practice. Longest make in a game was only 39
Kicking far is like throwing hard or running fast. There's no rhyme or reason to why 5'5" Blake Gruppe can kick as far as Sebastian Janikowski just like there's no real reason why Tim Lincecum could throw harder than Albert Pujols. I was accurate but couldn't really kick further than 45 yards with HS ball in practice. Longest make in a game was only 39
This post was edited on 10/13/23 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:50 pm to Wayne Campbell
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They actively don't want that. It's the whole reason they changed kickoff and touchback rules in the first place.
If Goodell could get rid of linemen and just make the game 7 on 7 tourneys, he would.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:55 pm to SirWinston
Tom Dempsey's kick was at sea level.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 1:03 pm to jmcwhrter
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SirWinston ?? Almost every kicker in the NFL can kick it 75 yards off a tee..
The post is taking about a holder, not a tee. The holders are triangle contraptions that keep the ball upright. They only touch the top tip of the ball. Kickers use them in practice, warmups and while kicking into a net.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 1:17 pm to SirWinston
Posted on 10/13/23 at 2:16 pm to SirWinston
Ill take the 63 yarder from the guy with a half foot in the mud and NOLA air.
This post was edited on 10/13/23 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 10/13/23 at 2:25 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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Tucker’s 66 yd game winner is above this
Should've been 71 yards and no good if the offinals were doing their job.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 2:30 pm to Splackavellie
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Can you show your math? I'm coming up with 70.83. Thanks.
I have no idea of the mathematical calculations, but the net looks roughly 6 yards behind the goalposts from that overhead shot I posted in the OP.
Then you add the height of where the call crossed the goal posts (another 5 yards or so above the post) and the force / pace at which it hit the net (still had decent locomotion behind it, unlike Tucker's or Dempsey's kicks, which were both falling at a pace exceeding the propulsion as they met the plane of the crossbar) and I wound up pulling 70.8 out of me arse. I actually suspect if you account for the wind, the exact same kick may have been good from ~73 or 74 if it were indoors on flubber. This is why I'm arguing it might be the most impressive FG in NFL history in some respects.
This post was edited on 10/13/23 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 10/13/23 at 3:59 pm to SirWinston
Ahhhh....I've seen better kicks in the quad
Posted on 10/13/23 at 4:20 pm to SirWinston
All I know is this man got me 17 fantasy points yesterday. That boy good.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 4:44 pm to Will Cover
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Touchbacks start at the 20
Push the kickoff back 5 yards to actually allow for opportunities by the return team again
5 yard
I may not be remembering this correctly, but I thought they changed the auto placement of the ball because of the high injury rate on both sides trying to run the ball out. ?
Posted on 10/13/23 at 7:09 pm to tress4pres
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Greatest kick in history was Vinatieri vs the Raiders on 2001 playoffs. 45 yds in a blizzard and swirling wind to get it to OT.
Before Vinateri, there was Pat Summerall. The Giants trailed the Browns by a game in the standings and needed to win this game to force a tiebreaker game the next week. If Summerall doesn't make this field goal, the 1958 NFL Championship would have been Colts/Browns instead of Colts/Giants. Also, in 1958, kickers were still kicking straight instead of soccer style. This is an absolutely incredible kick.
Summerall's 49 yard FG in the snow (skip to the 5:00 mark of this video)
This post was edited on 10/13/23 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 10/13/23 at 10:01 pm to SirWinston
Very impressive…confident strike for sure.
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