The forgotten elephant in the room

[CRA]

10 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Folks, when you have a strong legged kicker, you lose accuracy.  We get the 56 yard FGs, and at times, we will miss the 40 yard kicks.  We don't even need a kickoff team.  He is going to be a career 80-85% kicker.  To do that, you have to miss a few.

A long FG is blockable because you drive the bottom third of the ball.  On a shorter FG, you drive the bottom quarter.  Like the difference between a seven iron and a three iron.   Three irons are lower.

 

A big leg kicker with that percentage will kick for a decade in the NFL.  Hope that is the case. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

After the first block, and seeing that the second one was clearly going to be block, I get the sense he was feeling a subconscious need to pull right to avoid getting blasted.  Pressure.  It's how you stop anyone from scoring.  Brady, Manning, Montana, Unitas, and any kicker in NFL history too.