The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Part III: Career Rankings
by CHASE STUART on SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
in G.O.A.T., HISTORY
Nick the Kick
Nick the Kick
On Tuesday, I explained the formula used in my system of grading field goal kickers, which is based on field goal success rate adjusted for distance and era….
Article in the New York Times by Ira Berkow:
Nick Lowery was having a tough time of it. He had been a fine place-kicker in college, at Dartmouth, and expected a career booting balls in the National Football League.
Not so quick. Lowery was cut 11 times from eight N.F.L. teams…
The Chiefs’ kicker, a would-be politician, is getting pointers on how to play the game of politics.
Everybody used to tease Nick Lowery. At St. Albans School, they called him a crazy guy because he carried portable goal posts in his car. In college, they called him “Twiggy” because his legs were skinny. In the pro football camps, they called him a three-piece suit, an Ivy League guy.But now, in his second year with the Kansas City Chiefs, most people call Nick Lowery one of the best place-kickers in the National Football League.
