It’s not just conjecture on the part of that nameless emo loudmouth who has season tickets in the row behind you, the one wishing at the top of his lungs for death at every shanked field goal -- NFL kickers are flat not good at this whole “playoffs” thing. Yahoo’s MJD breaks it down:
Think Your Kicker’s Choking In The Playoffs? You’re Probably Right.
↵So far, the field goal percentage of all kickers in the playoffs is worse than that of the worst team in the regular season.
The Tampa Bay Bucs made 16-of-26 field goal attempts this season. Right now, playoff kickers are 15-of-26.
It’s not just that a bad batch of field goal kickers made it to the playoffs, either. I checked. As it turns out, it’s a better than average group of field goal kickers. Again, the entire NFL converted 81.3 percent of all field goals this year, and the gentlemen who kicked into the postseason made 85.2 of their field goals.
↵MJD thinks a sports psychologist study these guys. Somehow, I have a sinking certainty. FOX would find a way to turn that into a reality show.
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