Here’s an interesting way to look at a kicker. Instead of basing it solely off of field goal percentage, why not look at it from points expected? That’s what Optimum Scouting did in a recent article. In their mind, and I tend to agree, it avoids penalizing kickers who are asked to make more difficult kicks, inherently lowering their field goal percentage.
This is how the site, written by Justis Mosqueda, framed his research.
- 20>-yard field goal attempts (9 of 9): 3.0 expected points per attempt
- 20-29-yard field goal attempts (238 of 243): 2.