Angry teammates and redemption: NFL week 10 showed kickers matter
It was a wild Sunday for kickers as their errors and heroics helped decide several games. Don’t let anyone tell you the position is dull
The late, great coach Buddy Ryan once quipped, “Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.” If Ryan were alive today, he might think again. Kickers dominated Week 10 with a collection of horrors and heroics. A few examples of how they made their presence felt:
• Denver’s Wil Lutz entered Sunday with a 95% success rate on field goals this season. So, when Bo Nix led the Broncos down the field and set Lutz up for a potential game-winning, Kansas City Chiefs-beating 35-yarder as time expired, the odds were in his favor. BLOCK. The Chiefs won 16-14 and remain undefeated.
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