| Kickermania - looking ahead to week 1 | ||||||||||||
| by Mike Herman, Exclusive to Footballguys.com | ||||||||||||
| 2007 Kicking ppg | 2007 Kdef |
Week 1 matchup | ||||||||||
| Team | Current KICKER |
rnk | avg | rnk | home | away | home factor |
away factor |
opponent | Kdef factor |
this week rank |
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| Ari | Neil Rackers | 21 | 6.9 | 17 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 1.21 | 1.21 | @SF | 1.29 | 4 | |
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| Atl | Jason Elam | 21 | 6.1 | 27 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 1.38 | 1.07 | DET | 0.87 | 14 | |
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| Bal | Matt Stover | 30 | 6.7 | 22 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 1.07 | 1.08 | CIN | 1.28 | 30 | |
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| Buf | Rian Lindell | 29 | 6.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 0.92 | 0.86 | SEA | 0.84 | 10 | |
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| Car | John Kasay | 8 | 6.2 | 23 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 1.13 | 1.15 | @SD | 0.39 | 29 | |
| notes | The Panthers kept Rhys Lloyd on the final roster to serve as the kickoff specialist | |||||||||||
| Chi | Robbie Gould | 5 | 7.9 | 7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 1.04 | 0.93 | @IND | 0.81 | 31 | |
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| Cin | Shayne Graham | 5 | 8.1 | 5 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 0.90 | 1.28 | @BAL | 1.07 | 6 | |
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| Cle | Phil Dawson | 13 | 7.5 | 9 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 1.20 | 1.32 | DAL | 1.10 | 3 | |
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| Dal | Nick Folk | 4 | 8.2 | 4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 0.79 | 1.10 | @CLE | 1.20 | 1 | |
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| Den | Matt Prater | 12 | 7.1 | 15 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 0.70 | 1.38 | @OAK | 1.06 | 15 | |
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| Det | Jason Hanson | 24 | 7.6 | 8 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 0.81 | 0.87 | @ATL | 1.38 | 26 | |
| notes | Hanson missed part of the preseason with a strained thigh | |||||||||||
| GB | Mason Crosby | 2 | 8.8 | 1 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 0.79 | 1.21 | MIN | 0.90 | 12 | |
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| Hou | Kris Brown | 14 | 7.2 | 14 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 0.88 | 0.85 | @PIT | 0.54 | 23 | |
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| Ind | Adam Vinatieri | 10 | 7.4 | 10 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 0.81 | 0.47 | CHI | 0.93 | 8 | |
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| Jac | Josh Scobee | 20 | 6.8 | 19 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 0.73 | 0.66 | @TEN | 0.99 | 9 | |
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| KC | Nick Novak | 31 | 4.9 | 31 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 1.13 | 1.06 | @NE | 0.47 | 32 | |
| notes | Novak held off rookie Connor Barth to win the job | |||||||||||
| Mia | Dan Carpenter | 28 | 5.6 | 29 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 0.93 | 1.03 | NYJ | 0.96 | 16 | |
| notes | Carpenter made it easier for the Dolphins to dump Jay Feely | |||||||||||
| Min | Ryan Longwell | 24 | 6.2 | 23 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.82 | 0.90 | @GB | 0.79 | 18 | |
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| NE | Stephen Gostkowski | 3 | 8.6 | 2 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 0.47 | 0.78 | KC | 1.06 | 7 | |
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| NO | Martin Gramatica | 27 | 5.4 | 30 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.31 | 0.91 | TB | 0.60 | 22 | |
| notes | Rookie Taylor Mehlhaff lost the job | |||||||||||
| NYG | John Carney | 7 | 6.8 | 19 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 0.90 | 0.70 | WAS | 0.87 | 17 | |
| notes | Carney fills in for the injured Lawrence Tynes (knee) | |||||||||||
| NYJ | Mike Nugent | 18 | 6.9 | 17 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 1.45 | 0.96 | @MIA | 0.93 | 21 | |
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| Oak | Sebastian Janikowski | 19 | 6.1 | 25 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 1.06 | 0.97 | DEN | 1.38 | 24 | |
| notes | Janikowski missed part of the preseason with a hamstring injury | |||||||||||
| Phi | David Akers | 17 | 6.8 | 21 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 1.00 | 1.09 | STL | 1.56 | 5 | |
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| Pit | Jeff Reed | 14 | 7.1 | 16 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0.54 | 0.93 | HOU | 0.85 | 13 | |
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| SD | Nate Kaeding | 16 | 7.4 | 10 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 0.39 | 0.77 | CAR | 1.15 | 2 | |
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| Sea | Olindo Mare | 11 | 7.9 | 6 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 0.79 | 0.84 | @BUF | 0.92 | 28 | |
| notes | The Seahawks also kept rookie Brandon Coutu on the final roster, although the scenario will probably change by next week | |||||||||||
| SF | Joe Nedney | 31 | 4.6 | 32 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1.29 | 1.27 | ARI | 1.21 | 27 | |
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| StL | Josh Brown | 24 | 6.1 | 25 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 1.27 | 1.56 | @PHI | 1.00 | 19 | |
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| TB | Matt Bryant | 21 | 7.4 | 10 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 0.63 | 0.60 | @NO | 1.31 | 11 | |
| notes | Bryant is on the proverbial short leash after a poor preseason | |||||||||||
| Ten | Rob Bironas | 1 | 8.3 | 3 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 0.99 | 0.59 | JAC | 0.66 | 25 | |
| notes | Bironas missed the preseason with a groin injury | |||||||||||
| Was | Shaun Suisham | 8 | 7.3 | 13 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.73 | 0.87 | @NYG | 0.90 | 20 | |
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| NOTES: | ||||||||||||
| 1. | All stats are based on Standard Scoring of 3 points for field goals and 1 point for extra points | |||||||||||
| 2. | The Kdefensive "factors" are the median by which teams allow kicking points, as compared to their opponents average scoring | |||||||||||
| (i.e. smaller numbers under 1.0 equal better kicking defense, larger numbers over 1.0 = not so good) | ||||||||||||
| Mike Herman's Kicker Rankings for This Week *** | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Player | Opponent | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Folk | @CLE | ||||||||||
| 2 | Nate Kaeding | CAR | ||||||||||
| 3 | Phil Dawson | DAL | ||||||||||
| 4 | Neil Rackers | @SF | ||||||||||
| 5 | David Akers | STL | ||||||||||
| 6 | Shayne Graham | @BAL | ||||||||||
| 7 | Stephen Gostkowski | KC | ||||||||||
| 8 | Adam Vinatieri | CHI | ||||||||||
| 9 | Josh Scobee | @TEN | ||||||||||
| 10 | Rian Lindell | SEA | ||||||||||
| 11 | Matt Bryant | @NO | ||||||||||
| 12 | Mason Crosby | MIN | ||||||||||
| 13 | Jeff Reed | HOU | ||||||||||
| 14 | Jason Elam | DET | ||||||||||
| 15 | Matt Prater | @OAK | ||||||||||
| 16 | Dan Carpenter | NYJ | ||||||||||
| 17 | John Carney | WAS | ||||||||||
| 18 | Ryan Longwell | @GB | ||||||||||
| 19 | Josh Brown | @PHI | ||||||||||
| 20 | Shaun Suisham | @NYG | ||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Nugent | @MIA | ||||||||||
| 22 | Martin Gramatica | TB | ||||||||||
| 23 | Kris Brown | @PIT | ||||||||||
| 24 | Sebastian Janikowski | DEN | ||||||||||
| 25 | Rob Bironas | JAC | ||||||||||
| 26 | Jason Hanson | @ATL | ||||||||||
| 27 | Joe Nedney | ARI | ||||||||||
| 28 | Olindo Mare | @BUF | ||||||||||
| 29 | John Kasay | @SD | ||||||||||
| 30 | Matt Stover | CIN | ||||||||||
| 31 | Robbie Gould | @IND | ||||||||||
| 32 | Nick Novak | @NE | ||||||||||
| *** Note: These rankings differ from the official Footballguys.com rankings | ||||||||||||