04-14-2022, 05:54 PM
(04-14-2022, 04:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I was looking at "Touchbacks percentage" on kickoffs. At first I was surprised that MacPherson was only 13th in the league. I assumed he had the leg to kick it deep into or even out of the endzone everytime. Then I saw that Justin Tucker was 20th.
I realized that teams are actually trying to avoid touchbacks on kick offs. Instead they want high hanging kicks inside the 10.
There is a stat for teams "starting field position" but it includes every drive instead of just kickoffs. Seems like there should be a stat like that to rank both kicking and return teams.
More finesse on kickoffs is one of Darrin Simmons's areas of focus for McPherson heading into year 2. Darrin believes this is an area that needs improvement. And it was for both situations...a kick that should be a touchback that wasn't and a short kick that went too long
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