Kickers don’t usually get the love they deserve. They trot onto the field for maybe 10 seconds, the whole stadium holds its breath, and then everyone either goes crazy or acts like the guy just ran ...

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Drift to the bottom of the statistics for NFL kickers. The names near the bottom of the list feel wrong, as if someone toggled incorrectly. Among 32 qualified kickers (minimum 10 field goal attempts), ...

Long field goals, like this 50-yarder by Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey in October, were once rare in the NFL. This season, they're happening at a record pace. (Ron Jenkins | Getty Images) In ...

The right kicker can be a legitimate weapon in the NFL, and some are getting paid like it.

Through two weeks, the 2024 NFL season is turning into the year of the kicker. Collectively, the NFL's 32 kickers have been so good this year from long range that coaches have been much more willing ...

In the NFL, kickers are rarely a team’s big star — but this year, they are stealing the show. This season, kickers are hitting nearly 72% of field goal attempts from at least 50 yards out. That’s a ...

Fantasy football managers can breathe a sigh of relief for Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season. There are no bye weeks, so teams will not be forced to make difficult lineup decisions about their kickers for ...

There are only 12 kickers who are rostered in at least 50% of ESPN fantasy football leagues right now, and three of them are on bye in Week 12 while another one is on the IR. There's a good chance you ...

Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers holds the record for the most points scored in a season without a touchdown and the highest field goal percentage in a season (that is: 100% perfection). In the ...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — 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, ...