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      Angry teammates and redemption: NFL week 10 showed kickers matter

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024

    It was a wild Sunday for kickers as their errors and heroics helped decide several games. Don’t let anyone tell you the position is dull

    The late, great coach Buddy Ryan once quipped , “Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.” If Ryan were alive today, he might think again. Kickers dominated Week 10 with a collection of horrors and heroics. A few examples of how they made their presence felt:

    • Denver’s Wil Lutz entered Sunday with a 95% success rate on field goals this season. So, when Bo Nix led the Broncos down the field and set Lutz up for a potential game-winning, Kansas City Chiefs-beating 35-yarder as time expired, the odds were in his favor. BLOCK. The Chiefs won 16-14 and remain undefeated.

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