Interesting tweet from Urban re: Kickers

[jw7]

These days, most kickers set up 8 yds back instead of 7

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I haven't heard that before. Am I just clueless? (don't answer that).

Always added 17 yards to a field goal try based on field position. Now I have to add 18?

When and why did that happen? Yes it is a nit but it is bugging me.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

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I haven't heard that before. Am I just clueless? (don't answer that).

Always added 17 yards to a field goal try based on field position. Now I have to add 18?

When and why did that happen? Yes it is a nit but it is bugging me.

That would be news to me too...

 

[Brian]

Dunno. I've always added 18.

 

[Osbern61]

I thought I saw this a couple times this past year.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

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I haven't heard that before. Am I just clueless? (don't answer that).

Always added 17 yards to a field goal try based on field position. Now I have to add 18?

When and why did that happen? Yes it is a nit but it is bugging me.

That is weird. Maybe it depends on the total distance of the attempt?

Don't kickers try to kick the longer attempts at a lower trajectory?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

That is weird. Maybe it depends on the total distance of the attempt?

Don't kickers try to kick the longer attempts at a lower trajectory?

I wonder what the statistics of this would be. Intentionally kick the FG at 8 yards back vs 7 yards back in order to be able to kick the ball at a lower angle to hopefully kick the ball further.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

I wonder what the statistics of this would be. Intentionally kick the FG at 8 yards back vs 7 yards back in order to be able to kick the ball at a lower angle to hopefully kick the ball further.

100% of the time, the kick falls one yard short.