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The Official Kicker (K) Thread (1 Viewer)
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LionOfGosforth
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I cut him to pick up Fairbairn after his 1 pointer last week. Both were great this week
No. Tampa scores and check the schedule.
I dropped Badgley for McLaughlin. Mostly because of Badgley has a bye next week and McLaughlin has been a 50yd monster.
Runkle
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Joshua Karty, LA Rams (who has the best kickoff screwball in the game, but has been woeful on field goals), is getting competition in practice this week. The Rams are trying out Harrison Mevis, who is listed at 5'11", 243 pounds. (Per PFR, he's known as the Thiccer Kicker).
Yes that means the two LA teams would have Thiccer Kicker and Dicker the Kicker.
Yes that means the two LA teams would have Thiccer Kicker and Dicker the Kicker.
doeseatplace
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
The Jacksonville Jaguars kicker got it away from a fan in Las Vegas. He's not parting with it now, even for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
The ball Little drilled 68 yards through the uprights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Nov. 2 to set the NFL record for the longest field goal is safe at his home, along with the ball he kicked 70 yards for a field goal during a preseason game against Pittsburgh at EverBank Stadium.
"Keeping the football but giving them the jersey," Little said on Nov. 5 at the Miller Electric Center, several hours after the team announced that he is the NFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his three field goals and three conversions in a 30-29 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. "That ball is special. That's the coolest part about it, is it going through the uprights."
The Hall of Fame also wanted Little's cleats, but he just broke in a new pair and said he'll go about his normal routine of wearing cleats for five or six weeks.
So they're going to have to settle for his No. 39 jersey in Canton to commemorate the moment, which came on the final play of the first half.
But it almost wound up in a fan's home, or possibly on eBay. The ball sailed over the net and into the stands on Little's second field goal and when stadium security tried to retrieve it, the fan refused to give it back.
Since kickers get three "K-Balls" to use during the game, he had to use a backup for the ensuing kickoff and for a conversion early in the fourth period until the fan was finally convinced to give the ball back in exchange for another ball.
Little was able to use it for the game-tying field goal, from 48 yards out.
The NFL allows kickers to use a ball for three games, but Little isn't tempting fate again. He wanted to keep using the ball he kicked his 70-yarder in the preseason but holder Logan Cooke and long snapper Ross Matiscik wouldn't allow it.
"I wanted to keep using it," Little said. "Logan and Ross [said] 'we're not keeping that in the game. You're taking that one home.'"
Little missed his previous two field-goal attempts entering the Vegas game, the first time in college or the NFL that he missed two in a row. He also missed a conversion for the first time at either level, and dating back to his senior year in high school in Moore, Okla., a streak of 194 in a row.
But the coaching staff resisted calls to bring in other kickers for tryouts.
"Everyone's trying to get us to lose confidence in him," coach Liam Coen said. "We have never lost confidence in him. He hasn’t missed a kick in practice in three weeks. It’s not like he hasn’t been hitting it good.”
The two players who must execute a play before Little can kick the ball, Matisck and Cooke, said every kick that Little missed sounded just as good as every kick he's made.
"They all sound good ... they all had the same sound," said Matisick. "One thing about Cam is that he is going to swing his leg."
Cooke said his only words to Little before the kick were, "Let's hit this puppy."
"In the grand scheme of things, it takes all three of us," Cooke said. "But he's the one who kicked it."
Then he got a FaceTime phone call from a teammate on Monday night and asked if he was watching Dallas play Arizona. Little wasn't, and was told Brandon Aubrey of the Cowboys was lining up for a 68-yard field goal attempt
"I was playing [video] games with one of my buddies," he said. "I don't like watching football outside of [playing] football. And I was like, 'there goes my record.' He's [Aubrey] a stud. I had full confidence in the guy."
The kick was wide to the left and Little's record is safe for another week.
Little is the youngest player, at 22, to reach 40 career field goals in the NFL. His award is the 30th NFL Player of the Week Award in Jaguars history.
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little wasn't going to part with everything for the Hall of Fame
Little drove a hard bargain with officials in Canton and isn't parting with the football he used to kick his NFL record 68-yard field goal
That football isn't going anywhere but Cam Little's trophy case at home.The Jacksonville Jaguars kicker got it away from a fan in Las Vegas. He's not parting with it now, even for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
The ball Little drilled 68 yards through the uprights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Nov. 2 to set the NFL record for the longest field goal is safe at his home, along with the ball he kicked 70 yards for a field goal during a preseason game against Pittsburgh at EverBank Stadium.
"Keeping the football but giving them the jersey," Little said on Nov. 5 at the Miller Electric Center, several hours after the team announced that he is the NFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his three field goals and three conversions in a 30-29 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. "That ball is special. That's the coolest part about it, is it going through the uprights."
The Hall of Fame also wanted Little's cleats, but he just broke in a new pair and said he'll go about his normal routine of wearing cleats for five or six weeks.
So they're going to have to settle for his No. 39 jersey in Canton to commemorate the moment, which came on the final play of the first half.
Little used the same ball throughout the game
A kicker might be inclined to take a ball like that out of play but Little used it the rest of the game to kick a 32-yard field goal in the third quarter and a 48-yard field goal with 16 seconds left to sent the game into overtime.But it almost wound up in a fan's home, or possibly on eBay. The ball sailed over the net and into the stands on Little's second field goal and when stadium security tried to retrieve it, the fan refused to give it back.
Since kickers get three "K-Balls" to use during the game, he had to use a backup for the ensuing kickoff and for a conversion early in the fourth period until the fan was finally convinced to give the ball back in exchange for another ball.
Little was able to use it for the game-tying field goal, from 48 yards out.
The NFL allows kickers to use a ball for three games, but Little isn't tempting fate again. He wanted to keep using the ball he kicked his 70-yarder in the preseason but holder Logan Cooke and long snapper Ross Matiscik wouldn't allow it.
"I wanted to keep using it," Little said. "Logan and Ross [said] 'we're not keeping that in the game. You're taking that one home.'"
Jaguars holder, snapper, never lost faith in Little
Little missed his previous two field-goal attempts entering the Vegas game, the first time in college or the NFL that he missed two in a row. He also missed a conversion for the first time at either level, and dating back to his senior year in high school in Moore, Okla., a streak of 194 in a row.Little missed his previous two field-goal attempts entering the Vegas game, the first time in college or the NFL that he missed two in a row. He also missed a conversion for the first time at either level, and dating back to his senior year in high school in Moore, Okla., a streak of 194 in a row.
But the coaching staff resisted calls to bring in other kickers for tryouts.
"Everyone's trying to get us to lose confidence in him," coach Liam Coen said. "We have never lost confidence in him. He hasn’t missed a kick in practice in three weeks. It’s not like he hasn’t been hitting it good.”
The two players who must execute a play before Little can kick the ball, Matisck and Cooke, said every kick that Little missed sounded just as good as every kick he's made.
"They all sound good ... they all had the same sound," said Matisick. "One thing about Cam is that he is going to swing his leg."
Cooke said his only words to Little before the kick were, "Let's hit this puppy."
"In the grand scheme of things, it takes all three of us," Cooke said. "But he's the one who kicked it."
Little's record almost tied on Monday night
After the Jaguars' victory, Little speculated that with the number of talented kickers in the NFL, the record might not last long.Then he got a FaceTime phone call from a teammate on Monday night and asked if he was watching Dallas play Arizona. Little wasn't, and was told Brandon Aubrey of the Cowboys was lining up for a 68-yard field goal attempt
"I was playing [video] games with one of my buddies," he said. "I don't like watching football outside of [playing] football. And I was like, 'there goes my record.' He's [Aubrey] a stud. I had full confidence in the guy."
The kick was wide to the left and Little's record is safe for another week.
Little is the 30th Jaguars Player of the Week
Little has made 40 of 46 field-goal attempts (87.0 percent) and 44 of 45 conversions (97.8) in two years with the Jaguars. He was drafted in the sixth round from Arkansas and made 27 of 29 field-goal attempts as a rookie in 2024. He had a streak of 17 consecutive field goals, the final 10 in 2024 and his first seven this season.Little is the youngest player, at 22, to reach 40 career field goals in the NFL. His award is the 30th NFL Player of the Week Award in Jaguars history.
I definitely wouldn't drop him. He has week winning ability.
