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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1045273" data-attributes="member: 7261">Agree.I think trying to evaluate kickers on missed and made %'s alone is the wrong approach.  This isn't passes completed, where you are kicking 30 times in a game.  Miss one kick from 49 and your % can take a big ding.So many better ways to evaluate kickers, but the stats really aren't out there.  Stats that I would like to know are:1.  Weather conditions (temp, wind speed and direction)?2.  Field conditions?  Artificial turf, indoor, muddy, etc.?3.  LS, Holder, OL issue?4.  Situation the made or missed happened (game on the line, playoff, etc.)?5.  Actual distance of each kick.  A 49 yarder is much different than a 40 yarder.  A 63 yarder is much different than a 51 yarder?6.  Health of kicker.  Was he nursing an injury?7.  Looking at makes and misses trends in career.  A few poor seasons to start their career, but now kicking much better?Probably some I missed and of course kickoffs and XP's need to be factored into things, maybe even onside kick ability.There are so many things beyond what we see in the average NFL stat sheet of each kicker.  Yet, people will say "meh, he's a 80% kicker, no thanks."</blockquote>

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