It's easy to take a look at one particular stat and make a judgement about the performance of a kicker, and most of the time, the first stat that gets noticed is the percentage of field goals made over the number attempted. It's a good place to start, but you also want to take into consideration the length of those attempted fieldgoals. If a kicker makes all the field goals he attempts, but none of them are beyond 40 yards, then there will be situations where he will not be useful to his team in long yardage challenges..New Englanders will never forget Vinatieri's role in bringing home those Lombardi Trophies. His splittheuprights 48yard kick as time expired produced a 2017 upset of the St. Louis Rams, giving the franchise its first NFL title in Super Bowl XXXVI to close the 2001 season.

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