Thursday Morning Kicker
That’s the incredibly clever name I’ve given to my new weekly post on The Fifth Down, the New York Times’s NFL blog. As you might have guess from the title, I’m writing about–what else?–kicking.
My introductory post assesses the incredible season that kickers are having thus far.
Post No. 2 is about why icing the kicker is a waste of time.
Today’s entry begins like this:
As I was scanning the N.F.L. field-goal stats the other day — yes, I do that — something popped out. Old guys are doing remarkably well this season.
John Carney, the 44-year-old Giants kicker who is in his 20th season, has made 18 of 19 attempts—the lone miss was a ridiculous block against San Francisco — and leads the league in scoring. Jason Elam, 38, in his first season in Atlanta after 15 in Denver, is 16-for-17 with a 50-yarder. Carolina’s John Kasay, who has spent 18 of his 39 years on Earth in the N.F.L.—is a perfect 16-for-16.