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In the days before, "They need to get the field goal unit onto the field." Blanda's longevity, at two much different positions and a pretty high level, was amazing.
Blanda was mainly a kicker in his NFL days (Bears in the 50s, Raiders in the 60s and 70s); his time with the Oilers (early 60s) was in a QB capacity, but he mostly kicked and only came in as a QB off the bench once he went to the Raiders, behind Daryle Lamonica. Not knocking him, but he was Tom Tupa before Tom Tupa.
@@lightyagami3492 Possibly. The colts have Blankenship now, but if some other team wants to sign an almost fifty year old kicker, who was very inconsistent in his last season, and if Vinny wanted to come back, it could definitely happen.
Gary Anderson is a great example of what circumstances help get a kicker good numbers. Play on a team good enough to get to the red zone, but bad enough that they don’t get it in all the time. Vinatieri defies this logic.
@@scazermazz Ray Guy was a Punter. George Blanda I consider more a legend than just a kicker, but he did play as kicked and QB. I meant pure kicker, but that’s not what I typed. Lou Groza also a two-way player
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Lou "The Toe" Groza was the Browns starting left tackle starting in 1946. His additional duty was as a kicker. Although the NFL doesn't count his kicks in the AAFC (1946-49), he added plenty of kicks starting in 1950 when the Browns entered the NFL. That includes his game clinching field goal in the 1950 NFL Championship vs. the L.A. Rams. 30-28 win.
I think Pete Gogolak was the first “soccer-style” kicker in the league with the Giants in the 1960s. Jan Stenerud - the first “soccer-style” kicker to top the leader board.
From the 60’s to the 90’s, it was anyone’s game. The 90’s and early 00’s were a battle of two people who spelled their last names differently, and the rest was just Adam Vinatieri being Adam Vinatieri
Great to see the NY Jets' Pat Leahy stay on this list for so long. Very clutch kicker ! If it wasn't for those swirling winds at Shea Stadium he would have had much more than 304 !
Man, KC has had some great kickers in their history. Jan Stenerud, Nick Lowery, Pete Stoyanovich, Morten Andersen & even Eddie Murray for a year. Now they’ve got Harrison Butker (who I believe is the most accurate PK in the last 4-5 years).
@@jeremytherocklobsta I never said anything about that nor did I say Tucker was better than Vinatieri. You said Tucker had never kicked in a game that matters and that just isn't true.
Amazing that it took until 1965 for any kicker to reach 100 field goals, even considering the shorter seasons and poorer field conditions vs the modern game.
Technique and specializing, along with rule changes. Roster spots and even substitutions were limited into the 50s. You simply couldn't afford to have a pure kicker on your team...it'd be like having a lefty specialist reliever on your baseball team if you only had 12 roster spots. Like, Sammy Baugh was a great QB, safety, AND punter for the [Football Team] back in the 40s (like, leading the league in passing, punting, AND defensive interceptions in the same season great). Also, the hash marks went from being 20 yards from each sideline (about 5 yards outside of the goalposts) to lining up with the posts in 1974 (narrower kicking lane = easier to kick). Soccer-style kickers (a significantly better technique) didn't really become a thing until the 70s when pure kickers started to become the norm. So a "good" kicker went from being like 50% to 75% in a fairly short timeframe.
Justin Tucker is just south of this list but when you look at his PERCENTAGE made -- he's by far the best ever-over 90% accuracy. He's only 33. He should easily get to 600 plus and beat Vinatieri for most ever.
And yet, of all the hundreds of players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, there are only two pure kickers - Andersen and Stenrud - (and one punter, Guy) enshrined. Talk about total lack of respect for the position by the selection committee, considering the top 50 or so all-time leading point scorers in NFL history are all placekickers.
Not going to lie when I saw the first graphic I wasn't sure I don't know all the kickers but I knew the man the myth the legend was not on there it could not be correct the best ever damn do it Adam Vinatieri cannot will not ever be f***** with man cold as ice and the greatest to ever kick field goals. I don't care if you got more that don't mean s*** he puts it true when it's on the line every time come rain snow sleet Sun it doesn't matter Vinatieri is money when the pressure is on he's at his finest when most people crack she's just starting to warm up there will never be anybody greater than Adam Vinatieri because you want to be greater than him you better be on a damn good team and never choked under pressure super bowl-winning not a problem game-winning championship-winning division-winning doesn't matter Vinatieri will make it all hail the great one
