We may be five weeks removed from crowning a Super Bowl winner, but this we know about the 2021 NFL season: It’s been a strange one in the kicking sector. As usual, roughly a third of the points scored were put up via foot. Justin Tucker of the Ravens continued his GOAT trajectory, making nearly 95% of his kicks including a record-breaking 66-yarder. Never have kickers been more accurate from longer distances … and yet, nearly half the NFL teams replaced their kicker during the season. Extra points hovered around 90%, strangely, a lower rate than the equivalent 33-yard field goal (more on this below). And kickers made less than 2% of the NFL’s overall payroll.
This Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes, an examination of the state of NFL kicking, the highs, the lows and the doinks. Some outtakes below, edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
