70 yard field goal

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(Yesterday, 06:57 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: I hope not. This was a freak thing, and they were testing his leg. He can't do that on a consistent basis. If he can? Then Kuddo's to the team, scouts, etc., that trusted in this kid and did their research.


Yes, it's a big deal. Which is why I stated the above. It would be horrible to penalize every kicker in the league for something 1 man is able to do.

It wouldn't be just because of this kid. It's been brought up a bit over the last two years.

3 different teams made at least one 60+ yard FG last year.
26 different teams made at least one 55+ yard FG last year.
All 32 teams made at least one 50 yard FG last year.
4 teams made at least 10 FGs of 50+ yards.
21 teams made at least 5 FGs of 50+ yards.

Go back 10 years to 2014...
0 teams made a FG of 60+ yards.
12 different teams made at least one 55+ yard FG.
29 different teams made at least one 50 yard FG.
0 teams made at least 10 FGs of 50+ yards.
7 teams made at least 5 FGs of 50+ yards.


They went from 0.2 made 50+ yard FGs per game to 0.4, doubling in frequency. 2011 was the first year it reached 0.2, too. So it's actually quadrupled in frequency in the last 14 years.
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Combine that with the ball often starting on the 30 now and it's too damn easy to get in FG range now. They either need to move the post back 5 yards to the wall, or they need to make the uprights more narrow.